прервать — meaning in English
prervat
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English meaning
- abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- adjourn verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
- discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
- interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
Senses
прервать is used for these senses in English:
- abort (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- adjourn (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
- discontinue (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
- interrupt (transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
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.
adjourn — full definition
- verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
- verb To move as a group to another place, especially informally.