interrupted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of interruptednext
1
as in suspended

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as in sudden

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interrupted

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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
Health officials and aid groups say many migrants fled South Africa without medication or medical records, raising fears of interrupted HIV treatment in a region with some of the world’s highest infection rates. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 Men may also notice difficulty starting urination, a weak or interrupted flow, or a burning sensation while urinating. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
Labs are being shuttered and scientific innovation is being interrupted. — Abdullah Shihipar, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026 Referee Paul Turner interrupted the strikes, resulting in boos from Wembley. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interrupted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupted
  1. idle
  2. sudden
  3. intruded
  4. inactive
  5. disconnected
  6. added
  7. inoperative
  8. broken
Adjective
  • There are no staffing meetings, no waiting for someone to become available and no work sitting idle because the right person is on vacation or buried under a backlog of deliverables.
    — Charles Lew, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This results in more empty containers sitting idle on chassis throughout the ports.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of idle
Adjective
  • Officials are still investigating the exact cause, though preliminary assessments suggest an ice avalanche may have blocked a river upstream in Tibet, triggering the sudden outburst flood.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The concierge can be contacted via WhatsApp, but response times can be slow during varying rush hours; for example, a sudden tropical rainstorm might inspire half the resort to call in for room service.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of sudden
Verb
  • If the bill becomes law and the county challenges it, Pio Roda said county attorneys could argue that the state had improperly intruded into a local matter.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • So the familiarity of my story with John sometimes intruded into what was supposed to be this fairy tale.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
Definition of intruded
Adjective
  • Both Russia and China have tested missiles that destroy satellites; a Russian test in 2021 shattered an inactive satellite into more than a thousand pieces.
    — Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There have been periodic stretches when the Jayhawks were inactive.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of inactive
Adjective
  • Clients needed better alignment between marketing, sales, data and AI instead of more disconnected tactics.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Dump sink next to the cooks line has a disconnected drain line.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • Under the guise of paying homage to the bouquet of flowers his grandmother crocheted for his sister on her wedding day, Joseph added a matching purple bouquet which conveniently hides the super long crotch.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Milwaukee Public Library research and policy coordinator Joey McMahon added the library has been a staple for Milwaukee artists and music lovers for a long time.
    — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of added
Adjective
  • If the main engines were to become inoperative, six smaller orbit-control thrusters can still be activated on the lunar surface, providing an alternative pathway for a rapid ascent.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
  • And there’s been plenty of media focus since then — including on inoperative toilets.
    — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of inoperative
Adjective
  • Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Interrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupted. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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