interrupting

verb

1. 1

   To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.

   “A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.”

2. 2

   To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

   “The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.”

3. 3

   To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

   “The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.”