"interrupted" in the verb sense
1. interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
make a break in
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
2. interrupt, disturb
destroy the peace or tranquility of
"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
3. interrupt, disrupt
interfere in someone else's activity
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
4. interrupt, break
terminate
"She interrupted her pregnancy"
"break a lucky streak"
"break the cycle of poverty"
"interrupted" in the adjective sense
1. interrupted
discontinued temporarily
"we resumed the interrupted discussion"
2. fitful, interrupted, off-and-on
intermittently stopping and starting
"fitful (or interrupted) sleep"
"off-and-on static"
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