1. stops someone from speaking or doing something by saying or doing something oneself
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘interrupt’
2. causes something to stop temporarily
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘interrupt’

1. signals that cause a computer processor to temporarily stop its current activity
Usage: computing; plural form

Examples

• She always interrupts me when I’m trying to explain something.
• The teacher interrupts the lesson whenever students misbehave.
• Bad weather often interrupts our outdoor activities.
• A power outage interrupts the computer’s normal operation.
• The system processes hardware interrupts before software requests.
• Network interrupts can slow down the computer’s performance.
• He interrupts every conversation with his own stories.