interrompre
French → English
(speech) To stop someone from continuing to speak by saying something yourself; to cut off
Les sœurs de l'enfant l'écoutaient en l’interrompant à l'occasion.
(English) The child's sisters listened to him, cutting him off occasionally.
Il ne faut jamais interrompre l'orateur pendant son discours officiel.
(English) One must never interrupt the speaker during his official speech.
(process) To temporarily halt or suspend the continuation of an action or service; to suspend / stop
Les cotations durent être interrompues à cause de la panique boursière.
(English) Trading had to be suspended because of the stock market panic.
Un orage violent a interrompu le match de football pendant une heure.
(English) A violent storm stopped the football match for an hour.
(physical) To break the continuity or create a gap in a physical line or surface; to break / gap
La gaine isolante est interrompue à intervalles réguliers par des nœuds.
(English) The insulating sheath is broken at regular intervals by nodes.
On a construit un barrage pour interrompre le cours de la rivière.
(English) A dam was built to break the flow of the river.
Entry ID: fr:en:interrompre · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary