discontinuation
discontinuance
break-off
disconnect
breakoff
suspension
tie-up
interjection
preemption
pause
Porlockian
uninterruption
nonstop
surcease
interruption
halt
unshatter
continuous
pierce
freeze
resting
break
gap
hiatus
disruption
stop
hitch
interrupt
stay
check
interruption science
stoppage
arrest
ho
noncontinuous
abruptedly
on end
halting
interruptibility
nondiscontinuance
discontinuous
-pause
pausal
holdup
continuance
delay
continuation
disconnectedness
closure
broken
separation
interclude
interruptedness
suspend
terminate
withdrawal
intermission
quietus
end
discontinuative
interruptant
interruptory
intermittence
break short
hit pause
drop
intermittency
stopping
cut short
off the face of the earth
determination
timeout
break off
bode
remoderation
lapse
seclusion
intermittent
standstill
noncontinuation
pick up the threads of
obliteration
continued
stand
kick out
cessation
Porlockian
continuous
noncontinuous
discontinuous
pausal
broken
discontinuative
interruptory
nonstop
intermittent
continued
nonstop
abruptedly
discontinuation
discontinuance
break-off
disconnect
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suspension
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interjection
preemption
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uninterruption
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interruption
halt
freeze
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check
interruption science
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ho
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holdup
continuance
delay
continuation
disconnectedness
closure
separation
interruptedness
withdrawal
intermission
quietus
interruptant
end
intermittence
intermittency
stopping
determination
timeout
bode
remoderation
lapse
seclusion
standstill
noncontinuation
obliteration
stand
cessation
unshatter
pierce
interrupt
break
interclude
suspend
terminate
end
break short
hit pause
drop
cut short
break off
pick up the threads of
kick out
pause
noun
- A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
- A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
- A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
- The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
verb
noun
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
noun
- The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
- The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
- The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.
- The purchase of public land by the occupant.
noun
- A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
- A break or paragraph in writing.
- Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
- A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
- In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
- take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate
- A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
verb
adj
- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
- Expressing an ongoing action or state.
- Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
- Without intervening space; continued.
- Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
noun
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
verb
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change to ice
- be cold
- cause to freeze
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- anesthetize by cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
noun
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- interrupt a continued activity
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a narrow opening
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
verb
noun
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the event of something ending
- the act of stopping something
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
verb
- come to a halt, stop moving
- put an end to a state or an activity
- stop from happening or developing
- interrupt a trip
- cause to end
- prevent completion
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- seize on its way
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- render unsuitable for passage
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
noun
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a period of time spent in military service
- an unforeseen obstacle
- a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
- a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
- any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
verb
noun
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
verb
noun
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- the bill in a restaurant
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
verb
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- make an examination or investigation
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- slow the growth or development of
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- place into check
- write out a check on a bank account
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
- make cracks or chinks in
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
noun
noun
- The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
- An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
- That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
- The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
- The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
- The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others from their group based on varied criteria. ᵂᵖ
- The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
- The act of shutting; a closing.
- A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
adj
- Interrupted; not continuous.
- Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.
- Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
- Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
- Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
- Badly designed or implemented.
- Fragmented; in separate pieces.
- Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
- Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
- Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
- Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
- Split or ruptured.
- Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
- Breached; violated; not kept.
- Non-functional; not functioning properly.
- Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
- Uneven.
noun
- the act of dividing or disconnecting
- the state of lacking unity
- coming apart
- the distance between things
- sorting one thing from others
- the social act of separating or parting company
- the space where a division or parting occurs
- the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
- (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
verb
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- To hang freely; underhang.
- To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- To halt something temporarily.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
noun
- the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
- a retraction of a previously held position
- the act of taking out money or other capital
- the act of withdrawing
- avoiding emotional involvement
- the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
- a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
- formal separation from an alliance or federation
- the termination of drug taking
verb
- bring to an end or halt
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- put an end to
noun
- either extremity of something that has length
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- a final part or section
- a final state
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the part you are expected to play
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
verb
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
noun
- Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
- The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
- The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification
- The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
- A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
- The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
- The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.
- The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
- Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
- The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
- That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
noun
- The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.
- The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
- The total destruction of something.
noun
- an interruption of normal activity
- a support or foundation
- the position where a thing or person stands
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
- a support for displaying ot holding various articles
- a mental position from which things are viewed
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a defensive effort
verb
- be standing; be upright
- be in some specified state or condition
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- remain inactive or immobile
- be in effect; be or remain in force
- be tall; have a height of; copula
- put into an upright position
- withstand the force of something
- be available for stud services
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