¦ verb
1. stop the continuous progress of.
stop (a person who is speaking) by saying or doing something.
2. break the continuity of (a line, surface, or view): a sunken fence which doesn't interrupt the view across the fields.
Derivatives
interruptible adjective
interruptive adjective
Origin
ME: from L. interrupt-, interrumpere 'break, interrupt', from inter- 'between' + rumpere 'to break'.