2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the
abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
Sir M. Hale.
Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one
part.
Dryden.
3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or
motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions
in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds
without interruption.