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- noun Plural form of
interrupt . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
interrupt .
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Examples
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I tweeted an inquiry about codemasters ‘Cricket’ for the wii last night, because I figure the kids can get into that when rain interrupts play in the real thing.
Cheeseburger Gothic » God bless you, big insurance company. 2009
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Now Speaker Martin interrupts the laughter from the opposition benches at Gordon Brown's inability to answer (or possibly understand) a simple question.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Sebastien Grosjean leaves the tarped court as rain interrupts play for the third time Wednesday.
USATODAY.com - Wimbledon men's quarters suspended after 3 rain delays 2003
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"She'd like me to be home," he says, rubbing his eyes as a light rain interrupts the workout.
USATODAY.com - Torre feels the pressure, but it's just part of job 2003
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He doesn't like it when a call interrupts their session, even if she doesn't answer it.
Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005
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If a call interrupts an important game of Modern Warfare, for example, you can press a button to ask the caller to press '*' if the call is urgent, or '#' if it can wait till after the next checkpoint.
Crave at CNET UK 2009
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Desperately to get more blood, Rido goes out to the woods to suck more and more blood until Kaname interrupts with his rushed blood ‘feast’.
Anime Nano! 2009
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Desperately to get more blood, Rido goes out to the woods to suck more and more blood until Kaname interrupts with his rushed blood 'feast'.
THAT Animeblog 2009
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Magic: the Gathering uses "interrupts", which can cut into an opponent's turn and allow you to respond to their moves.
Non-Stop Greg Tannahill 2009
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The more information that the service grabs, and the less it "interrupts" the flow of reading, commenting & posting the more likely it is to be used, I think.
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