INTERMITTED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

intermitted

verb

past tense of intermit

as in interrupted

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Her screaming is interrupted only by the reiki healer walking over with her little drum, just in time.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Throughout the morning, Czech public radio broadcast only music, interrupted by a brief statement explaining the reasons for the strike and a minute of silence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of interrupted

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And the report also indicated that Ecco discontinued operations at its leather operations in Dongen, the Netherlands, following a fire at the tannery.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
Operations will also be discontinued at its Berlin and Schwalbach sites, and toolmaking will cease at Höchstadt.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of discontinued

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As the twentieth century dispersed Russia’s literati, some left this nostalgic concept behind, while others trailed its shadow with them into exile, burying themselves in the great Russian novels that had formed its foundation.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
The human beings are not freely dispersed around the central figure of God, in this panel, but ranked in strict tiers from the lowest unfortunates to the highest saints.

— Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of dispersed

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That summer, more than a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents signed a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, calling for the agency to be disbanded.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The association disbanded after several deaths and resignations, according to Lewis.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

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