INTERRUPTION

Definition:

1. [noun] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
   Synonyms: break, disruption, gap
   
   
2. [noun] some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
   Synonyms: break
   
   
3. [noun] a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
   Synonyms: pause, intermission, break, suspension
   
   

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Related Words:

• cut-in, insert
• cut-in, insert
• interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation
• breaking off, abruption
• heckling, barracking
• dislocation, disruption
• punctuation
• suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
• eclipse, occultation
• lapse
• blackout
• caesura
• dead air
• delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
• halftime
• respite, rest, relief, rest period
• time-out
• letup, lull