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interruption
Found in thesaurus: holdup, delay, natural event, happening, occurrent, occurrence, interval, time interval
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interruption
n.
disturbance, disruption; discontinuance, stoppage; cutting-off
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Interruption
Interruption may refer to:
- Interruption science, interruption and human behavior
- Interruption marketing, a pejorative term for the advertising technique
- Interruptions (epic theatre), the technique defined by Bertolt Brecht
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interruption
Noun
1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
(synonym) break, disruption, gap
(hypernym) delay, holdup
(hyponym) cut-in, insert
(derivation) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
2. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
(synonym) break
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
(hyponym) dislocation, disruption
3. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
(synonym) pause, intermission, break, suspension
(hypernym) time interval, interval
(hyponym) lapse
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interruption
nf.
interruption, break, breaking off; disruption, discontinuance; stopping, cessation, check, severance; intermission, intervention
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interruption
n.
přerušení; vyrušení
