[in.ter.rupt] vb [ME, fr. L interruptus, pp. of interrumpere, fr. inter- + rumpere to break--more at reave] vt (15c) 1: to stop or hinder by breaking in
2: to break the uniformity or continuity of ~ vi: to break in upon an action; esp: to break in with questions or remarks while another is speaking -- in.ter.rupt.ible adj -- in.ter.rup.tion n -- in.ter.rup.tive adv
[2]in.ter.rupt n (1957): a feature of a computer that permits the execution of a program to be interrupted in order to perform a special set of operations; also: the interruption itself