■ verb
1》 stop the continuous progress of.
↘stop (a person who is speaking) by saying or doing something.
2》 break the continuity of (a line, surface, or view): a sunken fence which doesn't ~ the view across the fields.
Derivatives
~ible adjective
~ive adjective
Origin
ME: from L. ~- , interrumpere 'break, ~', from inter- 'between' + rumpere 'to break'.