INTERMITTED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

intermitted

verb

past tense of intermit

as in interrupted

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In all, at least a dozen demonstrators interrupted the president.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
His political career, which included a spell as the Conservative Party’s deputy chairman, was interrupted by a period in prison in 2001 after he was found guilty of lying and cheating in a 1987 libel case against The Daily Star newspaper.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

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The tournament was discontinued in 1948 after Stu Hart won the trophy.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
For decades, Detroit’s Big Three like Ford have discontinued lines of fuel-efficient sedans and smaller cars to produce large SUVs and trucks with higher profit margins.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

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This jagged microscopic debris, easily dispersed by meteorite impacts and rocket exhaust, is corrosive, abrasive and adhesive.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Anti-Japanese sentiment had motivated Amino’s move from Los Angeles to New York in 1935; the US deemed East Coast Japanese populations as more dispersed and thus less of a threat.

— Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

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The government suspended the use of stun grenades after a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off earlier in the week, fueling accusations of police brutality.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Bulgarian maritime authorities said Wednesday that the search efforts for the crew of Alfa Watan had been suspended and wouldn't resume.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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In addition to Williams’ 22-yard touchdown, Jonaz Walton broke off a 44-yard run in the fourth quarter.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
On second down, wide receiver Malik Washington broke off a 30-yard reception after safety Alohi Gilman missed a tackle.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of broke off

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Someone who has seen these messages told me that another theme in the chat, which disbanded in January because its members had begun to quarrel, was an impulse to expand into broader anti-labor activities.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
The city government is also restarting the interagency Security Infrastructure Working Group, which Mamdani said was disbanded in 2024.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026

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