interruption

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=ter=rup=tion
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

interruption, n. [L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption.].

•  The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.  [1913 Webster]
•  The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.  Sir M. Hale.  [1913 Webster]

  "Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part."  [1913 Webster]
•  Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.  [1913 Webster]
•  Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

interruption

abeyance, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, blockage, blocking, breach, break, caesura, cease, cease-fire, ceasing, cessation, check, clearance, clogging, closing up, closure, coffee break, cold storage, constriction, cramp, day off, delay, detainment, detention, discontinuity, disruption, distance between, disturbance, doldrums, dormancy, double space, downtime, drop, em space, en space, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, fissure, fixation, foot-dragging, freeboard, gap, hair space, half space, half time, half-time intermission, hampering, hesitation, hiatus, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, holiday, impediment, impingement, imposition, impropriety, inappropriateness, inauspiciousness, inconvenience, incursion, inexpedience, infelicity, infiltration, influx, infringement, inhibition, injection, inopportuneness, inopportunity, inroad, insinuation, intempestivity, interference, interim, interjection, interloping, interlude, intermediate space, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interposition, interposure, interregnum, interspace, interstice, interval, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irrelevance, irruption, jump, lacuna, lapse, latency, lateness, layoff, leap, leeway, let, letup, lull, margin, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, obtrusion, occlusion, off-time, opposition, pause, plateau, point of repose, prematurity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet spell, recess, relief, remission, rent, repression, resistance, respite, rest, resting point, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, rift, room, rupture, setback, single space, space, space between, split, squeeze, stand-down, stay, stop, stopping, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, surcease, suspension, time interval, time off, time out, trespass, trespassing, truce, unfavorableness, unfitness, unfittingness, unfortunateness, unlawful entry, unpropitiousness, unripeness, unseasonableness, unsuitability, untimeliness, vacation, wrongness

ROGET THESAURUS

interruption

Derangement

N derangement, disorder, evection, discomposure, disturbance, disorganization, deorganization, dislocation, perturbation, interruption, shuffling, inversion, corrugation, involvement, interchange, deranged, syncretic, syncretistic, mussy, messy, flaky, random, unordered.

Discontinuity

N discontinuity, disjunction, anacoluthon, interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut, gap, solution of continuity, caesura, broken thread, parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork, intermission, alternation, dropping fire, discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected, discrete, disjunctive, fitful, spasmodic, desultory, intermitting, occasional, intermittent, alternate, recurrent, at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts, skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo, like 'angel visits few and far between'.

Hindrance

N hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

Cessation

N cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death, I pause for a reply.

Interval

N interval, interspace, separation, break, gap, opening, hole, chasm, hiatus, caesura, interruption, interregnum, interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha, gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm, gulf, inlet, frith, strait, gully, pass, furrow, abra, barranca, barranco, clove, gulch, notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus, parenthesis, void, incompleteness, period, interim (time), with an interval, far between, breachy, rimose, rimulose, at intervals, longo intervallo.