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Synonyms for interrupt
Synonyms for interrupt: disturb, disrupt and break. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for interrupt
Interchangeable with interrupt, one per sense
Audited under interrupt's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one interrupt carries in that sense.
- disturbverb, in the sense "destroy the peace or tranquility of"
- disruptverb, in the sense "interfere in someone else's activity"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name interrupt as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- breakbreak is a verb in the sense "terminate or end"
two of these come from interrupt's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
destroy the peace or tranquility of
Don't interrupt me when I'm reading.
The true synonym
disturb
Same sentence, swapped: Don't disturb me when I'm reading.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for interrupt in the sentence quoted.
- break
- woo
- proceed
interfere in someone else's activity
Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone.
The true synonym
disrupt
Same sentence, swapped: Please don't disrupt me while I'm on the phone.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for interrupt in the sentence quoted.
- break
- resist
- delay
Where interrupt turns up in the game
interrupt is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where interrupt is the trap
- regaleverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is divert, in the sense "to entertain or amuse someone, typically with talk or stories", with interrupt sitting one tile away.
Play interrupt
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so interrupt reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. interrupt carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.