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Definition of Interrupted

1. Adjective. Discontinued temporarily. "We resumed the interrupted discussion"

2. Adjective. Intermittently stopping and starting. "Off-and-on static"

Definition of Interrupted

1. a. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

Definition of Interrupted

1. Verb. (past of interrupt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interrupted

1. interrupt [v] - See also: interrupt

Medical Definition of Interrupted

1. Of an inflorescence, having the flowers unevenly distributed along the main stem, with conspicuous gaps. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interrupted

interrogative sentence interrogatively interrogatives interrogator interrogatories interrogators interrogatory interrogatrix interrogee interrogees

interrow interrupt interrupt request interrupt requests interruptable interrupted (current term) interrupted fern interrupted respiration interrupted suture interruptedly

interrupter interrupter gear interrupters interruptest interruptible interruptible load interrupting interrupting time interruptingly interruption

Literary usage of Interrupted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"I interrupted him, and told him, I was a greater and more powerful prince than ever the zcar of ... interrupted ..."

2. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"(8) The action of Single, and a Series of Induction Shocks, on the subsequent action of interrupted currents on the Hearts of Chick- embryos. ..."

3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
""Oh," interrupted Emma, "there will be plenty of time for talking everything over. There is no hurry at all. If it can be contrived to be at the Crown, ..."

4. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by Ecole littéraire de Montréal, Charles Gill, William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"3 This effectually interrupted the work of the Assembly on the Thirty-nine Articles. In the course of its subsequent labours of 1643-46, on the various ..."

5. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"There was no reason why this should end any more than a merry-go-round ; but it was at last interrupted by the opening of the door and the announcement of ..."

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