interrupt
verb (used with object)
to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
interruptive
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a word derived from
interrupt.
Example Sentences
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It’s a little less interruptive for the store employee, simpler for the customer.
From The Verge ● Nov. 14, 2018
These calls are not only incredibly quibbling, interruptive and unfair.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2016
They are "bombarded" by advertising and see as many as 1,000 ads per day and many people no longer trust "interruptive advertising", such as television ad slots, he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2016
We learn much of what we need to know from the frame rather than interruptive explainers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2016
The spell was potent enough in its way, but it dissolved when once interruptive laughter became generally audible.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
