interrupted
/ˌɪntəˈɹʌptɪd/ · in·ter·rupt·ed
verb
- To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly. A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
- To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of. The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
- To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled. The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
adjective
- Not continuous or unbroken. The interrupted view of the city skyline was a result of the skyscraper's unusual design.
Did you know? The word 'interrupted' has been used in various contexts, including computer programming, where it refers to a signal sent to a processor to handle an exception or error.