interrupted 1 of 2

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
Microsoft research found that its most highly interrupted workers can face hundreds of meetings, emails and chat notifications throughout the day. — George Toh, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 California, Texas, New York, Illinois and North Carolina saw the highest amounts of interrupted grant money. — Arkansas Online, 17 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
  • Lucy leaves their countryside home with Johnny immediately, going straight to her mother’s house ( Catherine Deneuve plays mom), but avoids telling her, or anyone else, the specifics of this sudden separation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • All of a sudden, the war took on a more present form, unsettling a kingdom unused to conflicts playing out on home turf.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 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
  • Among the biggest changes in the country have to do with changes to corporate governance, including the encouragement of companies to eliminate idle cash and focus more on shareholder returns, that's meant to support growth.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Supply-chain congestion sometimes causes freight trains to sit idle, leaving them vulnerable to thieves in urban rail yards.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of idle
Adjective
  • The system is robustly audited, completely disconnected from the Internet, and is the largest digital voting system deployed on the planet.
    — Solly Boussidan, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Without that foundation, robotics remains disconnected from the business.
    — Rodrigo Madanes, Forbes.com, 20 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
  • When those forces are lacking, as is generally the case in softer tissue, YAP and TAZ remain inactive and stay put outside of the nucleus.
    — Karin Wuertz-Kozak, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But in many cases, recovery doesn’t mean becoming completely inactive.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of inactive
Adjective
  • Investigators noted that Johnson’s blood and broken glass were found on the apartment’s floors, walls, curtains and blinds.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Economists largely point to Trump’s own policies for his broken campaign promises.
    — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Interrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupted. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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