Synonyms for interruption
ˌɪn təˈrʌp ʃənin·ter·rup·tion

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1. break, interruption, disruption, gapnoun

   an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

   "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, gap, commotion, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, crack, rift, intermission, break of serve, severance, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, faulting, breakout, flutter, hoo-hah, geological fault, hurly burly, spread, col, to-do, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, open frame, gaolbreak, dislocation, breach, breakage, perturbation, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, kerfuffle, opening, rupture, hoo-ha, prison-breaking

2. interruption, breaknoun

   some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

   "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

   Synonyms:
   recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, breakout, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, shift, time out, severance, pause, open frame, breach, breakage, disruption, jailbreak, gap, falling out, prisonbreak, breaking, intermission, rupture, gaolbreak, break

3. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspensionnoun

   a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, gap, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, rift, intermission, severance, gaolbreak, falling out, hanging, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, faulting, breakout, geological fault, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, abatement, break of serve, hiatus, breach, breakage, abeyance, suspension system, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, temporary removal, rupture, dangling

Matched Categories

1. • Happening
   • Time Interval

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1. interruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, stop, obstruction, obstacle, impediment

2. interruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   intermission, pause, suspension, cessation, discontinuance

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1. List of paraphrases for "interruption":

   adjournment, disruption, outage, blackout, interjection, discontinuance, break, interrupt, interruptions, discontinuation, hiatus, heckling, termination, interrupted, judgment, suspension, cessation, stoppage, trap, pause, breakdown

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1. Dan Hearsch:

   There really are no shock absorbers left in the industry right now when it comes to production or obtaining material, virtually any shortage or production interruption in any part of the world affects companies around the globe, and the impacts are now amplified due to all the other shortages.

2. Eric Johnson:

   I don't think there's any confusion about that in Dallas, we are supporting our police department and we're supporting the violence interruption program and other things that we're doing that are community-based and it's just it's working. And I think it's a great model for the nation.

3. Marc Elias:

   We have asked the federal courts to take the common-sense steps to ensure that every county has a chance to complete those phases of a recount without interruption.

4. August Strindberg:

   Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be replaced by new habits. Constituting, as it does, a void, it is soon filled up by a real horror vacuum.

5. Michael Barry:

   There are a number of businesses nationwide who are suing their insurers, believing the a business interruption policy pays out when there is no direct physical damage, in order to have the resources to pay their legitimate claims, insurers must deny ones in which they are not an obligation to pay.