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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
Dement helped to identify REM sleep patterns and their value, as well as sleep apnea, or periods of interrupted breathing that can disrupt sleep. Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 And Kelly wonders how interrupted access might affect someone during their vulnerable teenage years. Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
Medical education, interrupted Ali is one of 3 million people who have fled Sudan. Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025 The online world is a largely visual medium with a complex array of workflows, and dementia commonly causes visual processing to be interrupted or delayed. Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interrupted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupted
Adjective
  • For instance, regulatory decisions in major economies, such as the United States, China, and Europe, can trigger sudden and dramatic price swings.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • At least one state public health official is worried that the sudden loss in funding will hurt their state’s grasp of the virus.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At many organizations, whether small or large, the situation has created a confounding mess of disconnected systems, siloed data and ultimately a poor customer experience — all of which negatively impact a company’s revenue.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Somehow, amid all these disconnected threads, Sheridan can have a moment in his narrative that purely breathes, where nothing much happens except that most important of things: an exchange of ideas.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Preparing the grid to support the world’s climate commitments requires 80 million km of grid infrastructure to be added or upgraded by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
    Liana Ault, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • After he was first elected mayor in 2017, Suarez had a seat added for himself next to the city manager on the dais.
    Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But at the end of 2020, another 230,000 wells were idle.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
  • These were a big 4 points for the Wild in the last two games, moving them 8 points ahead of the St. Louis Blues, who were idle and are in ninth place in the Western Conference.
    Joe Smith, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • She was discovered near a Dubai road with several injuries, including a broken spine and multiple broken limbs, per the outlet.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Some situations, like a loose or broken hose, can be fixed relatively easily by the average DIYer, but washing machines also have a series of internal hoses, seals, and fixtures that could need to be tightened, repaired, or replaced by an appliance repair professional.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This will be the largest state tax cut in the history of Florida.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Judging from a previous (smaller) UK aid cut in 2021, programs benefitting women and girls could be particularly hard hit.
    Christine Ro, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With none of those fights being offered to him, Edwards was inactive.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • In his first season with the team, Lazard was benched and inactive for the year’s final game.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Though fragmentary, the Romanesque masterpiece is a unique example of Anglo-Norman art at roughly 230 feet long and one-and-a-half feet wide.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • That muon then created its own fragmentary debris, sparking a ripple of telltale pale blue photons dubbed Cherenkov radiation that passed over ARCA’s instruments.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Interrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupted. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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