INTERMITTING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

intermitting

verb

present participle of intermit

as in interrupting

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In another fun moment, Reese was talking to the media after the tight win over Italy and Clark ducked past her, apologizing for interrupting her interviews.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Gamers can quickly capture screenshots of 2D and 3D games on their primary monitor without interrupting the action.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of interrupting

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By dispersing weapons across submarines, aircraft, land forces, unmanned systems, and allied bases, the United States could create multiple threats that China would have to account for simultaneously.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
The Retired Police Canine Foundation was selected as the recipient of these funds and is in charge of dispersing them to handlers across the state.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of dispersing

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Costco, like many other chains, has a long history of discontinuing popular food court items.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
As part of the plans, Tan may also consider discontinuing some low-margin product lines and letting go of a few more employees, the report adds.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

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Experts believe Wednesday's mudslides and flash flooding across Nepal and China's Tibet region were caused by a large chunk of ice breaking off a glacier and falling into the Lhende Khola River.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The AccuWeather team will be looking for smaller storm cells breaking off of the main line, which would give them freedom to begin rotating and potentially spin off a tornado funnel.

— Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

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Similarly, Penn says the episode could adopt a visual style more consistent with comic books without asking the audience to do more work suspending their disbelief.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
That involved suspending a single shipment of the munitions in the spring of 2024.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of suspending

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The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys — before disbanding for a half-decade in the mid-2010s.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
In northern Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts, Russian forces are reportedly disbanding some tank battalions and reallocating younger servicemembers to drone units, while assigning other personnel to assault units.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of disbanding

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