interruption
Example Sentences
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"When you are building a project of this size, you also need to be very reassured of the supply chain. We cannot have a disruption or interruption in that particular process."
From Barron's
He lacks a strategy for husbanding his domestic political capital, without which he will be remembered mainly as an interruption.
Oil futures settled higher on reports of a production halt in Kazakhstan’s major Tengiz oilfield due to power-grid interruptions, while broader geopolitical tensions continued to keep prices bid.
Chief Executive Simon Trott said the company “achieved record quarterly iron ore production in the Pilbara, with a strong recovery from the extreme weather interruptions earlier in the year.”
The advisory panels placed "a particular focus on further measures to improve the flow of play and minimise interruptions and time lost".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.