Interrupt

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 temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.

To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

Broken; interrupted.

a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out