прерыва́ть — meaning in English
preryvat
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English meaning
- discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
- interpose verb To put something, or oneself, between two other things.
- interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
- pierce verb To make a hole through something, usually with something sharp.
Senses
прерыва́ть is used for these senses in English:
- discontinue (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
- 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.
- interrupt (transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
- pierce (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
interpose — full definition
- verb To put something, or oneself, between two other things.
- verb To break into a conversation with a remark on a different subject.
- verb To offer one's help or assistance.
- verb To lie or fit between two other things.
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