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adjective

Definition of interruptednext
1
as in suspended

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as in sudden

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verb

past tense of interrupt
as in intruded
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion it's rude to interrupt when someone is making an important point

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Recent Examples of interrupted
Adjective
The interrupted tea time is one of several recent surprising snake encounters. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 First the pandemic interrupted routine vaccinations, and then in 2024 the government largely missed a vaccination campaign previously carried out every four years. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
Harris interrupted, directing her to address her comments to him rather than to an individual council member. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 My life has not been interrupted by people enjoying my comedy. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interrupted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupted
  1. arrested
  2. sudden
  3. intruded
  4. idle
  5. disconnected
  6. added
  7. inactive
  8. broken
Adjective
  • In the case of the arrested teenager, who was detained in early August, agents pulled him and another man out of a truck in the 7-Eleven parking lot.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrested
Adjective
  • This is not a sudden shift in attitude to defend a controversial CBA.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to low blood oxygen levels and low blood pressure, a pulmonary embolism can affect the heart, causing a fast or irregular heart rate, right-sided heart failure or sudden cardiac arrest.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of sudden
Verb
  • The judge concluded that the policy violated federal law and intruded on authority Congress had left with the states.
    — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This week, an ethical question, of all things, intruded into the baseball playoffs.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of intruded
Adjective
  • The aim is to make better use of satellite capacity that might otherwise sit idle when a system is outside its primary coverage area.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Overnight, one of the polishing tools had experienced an idle time of two hundred and nine seconds.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of idle
Adjective
  • When that happens, financial decisions become disconnected from long-term financial goals.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But when every workload is charged to a central technology budget, cost becomes disconnected from business value.
    — Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • As the industry kept growing, Congress added safety, noise and emissions standards to protect the communities living beneath the flight paths.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Mason added that Litke is among the players who were instrumental in the Panthers’ containment of top running backs such as Lowell’s Tymothy James, Wheeler’s Levi Murray and Calumet’s Bryce Brandon.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of added
Adjective
  • Of the 200 records the county staff reviewed, 112 were associated with people whose registrations are canceled or inactive.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The office found that more than half — 112 — had been canceled or were inactive, meaning no ballot was sent to those voters.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of inactive
Adjective
  • She was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The desire to move—even to move the broken ankle itself—became, at times, overwhelming.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of broken

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“Interrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupted. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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