(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone who is speaking, you say or do something that causes them to stop.
Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. ‘Sorry to ~, Colonel.’...
He tried to speak, but she ~ed him.
VERB: V, V n
~ion (~ions)
The sudden ~ion stopped Beryl in mid-flow.
N-VAR
2.
If someone or something ~s a process or activity, they stop it for a period of time.
He has rightly ~ed his holiday in Spain to return to London...
VERB: V n
~ion
...~ions in the supply of food and fuel...
= disruption
N-VAR: oft N in/to n
3.
If something ~s a line, surface, or view, it stops it from being continuous or makes it look irregular.
Taller plants ~ the views from the house.
VERB: V n