Interpellation: alternatives and connections

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks…

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An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.

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To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.

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The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

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The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

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The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

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