| VERB | communication | disrupt, interrupt, break up, cut off | make a break / break in |
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| change | disrupt | throw into disorder | |
| change | disrupt, interrupt | interfere in someone else's activity |
| Sounds | dihsrah'pt | |
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| Rhymes | abrupt ... worshipped: 12 rhymes with ahpt... | |
| Meaning | make a break / break in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | interrupt, break up, cut off | |
| Narrower | break | interrupt the flow of current in |
| burst in on, burst upon | spring suddenly | |
| chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in | break into a conversation | |
| cut, cut off | Cease, stop / stop | |
| heckle | challenge aggressively | |
| interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject | To insert / insert between other elements | |
| jam, block | interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | |
| pause, intermit, break | Cease an action temporarily | |
| punctuate | interrupt periodically | |
| put away, put aside | turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily | |
| stop, stop over | interrupt a trip | |
| take off, take time off | Take time off from work | |
| Broader | break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion |
| Spanish | interrumpir | |
| Nouns | disruption | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity |
| Meaning | Throw into disorder. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This event disrupted the orderly process" | |
| Catalan | alterar, interrompre | |
| Adjectives | disruptive | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination / insubordination |
| Nouns | disruption | the act of causing disorder |
| Meaning | interfere in someone else's activity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | interrupt | |
| Narrower | cut in | interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner |
| cut short | Cause to end earlier than intended | |
| Broader | chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in | break into a conversation |
| Catalan | interrompre, pertorbar | |
| Spanish | interrumpir, perturbar | |
| Nouns | disruption | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity |