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interruptions

 
Noun interruption has 3 senses
  1. break, interruption, disruption, gap - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
    --1 is a kind of delay, holdup
    --1 has particulars:
     cut-in, insert; cut-in, insert; interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation; breaking off, abruption; heckling, barracking
    Derived forms: verb interrupt1, verb interrupt3
  2. interruption, break - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
    --2 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
    --2 has particulars:
     dislocation, disruption; punctuation; suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement; eclipse, occultation
  3. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
    --3 is a kind of time interval, interval
    --3 has particulars:
     lapse; blackout; caesura; dead air; delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait; halftime; respite, rest, relief, rest period; time-out; letup, lull
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