interrupted

in-ter-rupt-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *interrupt*; stopped someone from speaking or stopped a process.

  2. 2.

    (As adjective) Broken in continuity or sequence.

Related words

See also: interrupt, interrupting, interruption
Synonyms: cut off, disrupted, disturbed

Etymology

From Latin interrumpere ("to break apart"), from inter ("between") + rumpere ("to break"), with the English past tense suffix -ed.