interrompre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- break off verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
- discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
- disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
- interpose verb To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
- interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
Senses
interrompre is used for these senses in English:
- abort (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
- abort (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- discontinue (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
- disrupt (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
- interpose (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
- interrupt (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
- time out (transitive, communication) To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.
abort — full definition
- verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
break off — full definition
- verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
- verb To detach a piece from a larger whole, or to come away from it.
- verb To stop speaking or doing something abruptly.