dɪsˈɹʌpʃən dɪsˈɹʌpʃən ɪntɚˈmɪʃən ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən pɔːz pɔz pɑz səˈspɛnʃən an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity it was presented without commercial breaks there was a gap in his account some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity the telephone is an annoying interruption there was a break in the action when a player was hurt a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something