<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).</li><li>Synonyms: intermit</li><li>Antonyms: continue</li><li>to break off or cause to cease, as in the middle of something: He interrupted his work to answer the bell.</li><li>Antonyms: continue</li><li>to stop (a person) in the midst of doing or saying something, especially by an interjected remark: May I interrupt you to comment on your last remark?</li><li>Synonyms: intermit</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Computers: a hardware signal that breaks the flow of program execution and transfers control to a predetermined storage location so that another procedure can be followed or a new operation carried out.</li></ul>