Interruption: alternatives and connections

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisanc…

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A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

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A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also…

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

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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 interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and t…

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of Hiatus

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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

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The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.

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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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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

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The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and pla…

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The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a s…

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The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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To arrest.

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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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of Happen

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A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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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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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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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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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 or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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