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. David Salisbury:

   The original date for interruption of transmission was 2000. The next target was 2014 and it's currently 2016.

2. Mike Ryan:

   The interruption of outbreak response has led to a decrease in over 50% of alerts, a collapse in vaccination, a decrease in contact tracing, ebola was retreating and now it is likely to resurge.

3. Aon Benfield:

   Given the physical damage to homes, businesses and other structures and automobiles, plus the high costs incurred due to business interruption, it is expected that this will end up being a multi-billion-dollar economic cost.

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.