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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

  1. verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
  2. verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

adjourn — full definition

  1. verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
  2. verb To move as a group to another place, especially informally.

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