[{"word":"interrupts","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting."},{"definition":"To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill."},{"definition":"To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["continue","resume"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interrupt","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interrupts"]}]