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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
The purpose, Nam said, is to ensure that the Games go smoothly and that daily life for residents and businesses is not interrupted. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The pandemic interrupted film production, and its effects continued long after theatres reopened. — Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
There was a period where airspace was closed in the Gulf after the Iran conflict began, and then questions about whether the region’s growth story would be interrupted. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Process for Serra is autotelic; the activities on the Verb List are ongoing, interrupted only by completion or breakdown. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 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
  • There’s a fascinating synchronicity between the current real-world anxiety and the film industry’s sudden interest in dense studies of the tech world’s dark underbelly.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Other symptoms include sudden high fever and chills, headaches, and pain in the abdomen, legs and arms, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sudden
Verb
  • This week, an ethical question, of all things, intruded into the baseball playoffs.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI models broke out of testing environments, gained access to the open internet, and intruded into Hugging Face’s computer systems.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of intruded
Adjective
  • Treasurers want to reduce idle balances and manage liquidity more efficiently.
    — Pratik Khowala, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For now, though, the band’s tour bus is sitting idle in the middle of a Planet Fitness parking lot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Shepherd uses the safe space to open up more.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of idle
Adjective
  • Through disconnected learning initiatives that were aiming for cultural change, with no existing behavioral change, the workplace that teams and managers experience seems to be exactly the same as before.
    — Gwen Mdinaradze, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For the residents of Shelekhov, however, the official narrative of a routine pneumonia death feels completely disconnected from the sudden quarantine of 200 people.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • The clash added another layer to a campaign in which el Sayed’s positions on foreign policy and his associations with prominent progressive figures have become points of contention.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • There have been jobs added in Amsterdam, Paris, and Frankfurt.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of added
Adjective
  • Kagan’s discovery ultimately allowed for the generation of safer and more effective single-handed molecules by the pharmaceutical industry; previously, drugs with the incorrect mirror image were either very toxic or simply inactive.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Johnson was unexpectedly listed as inactive for the Eagles' home game Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of inactive
Adjective
  • After a federal court prohibited further nitrogen executions, the state switched back to the old, broken method.
    — Maya Foa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In fact, they aren’t made of glass at all; they’re made of polycarbonate, a plastic material that mimics the look of a wonky funhouse reflector, to prevent people from shattering the surface and using broken shards as weapons.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
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“Interrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupted. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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