Interrupting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interrupted}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Interrupting}.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of
     interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break.
     See {Rupture}.]
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     1. 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 of anyone speaking.
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              Do not interrupt me in my course.     --Shak.
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     2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the
        evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
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