In`ter*rupt" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]

1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking.

Do not interrupt me in my course.

2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

In`ter*rupt", p. a. [L. interruptus, p. p.] Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton.

• to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly
       A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
  
• (computing) To assert to a computer that an exceptional condition must be handled.
       The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
  
• continue, resume
  
• (computing) An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition
        The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.