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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division |
| Synonyms: | break, interruption, separation, severance, splitting |
| Main Entry: | outage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interruption of service |
| Synonyms: | blackout, brownout, dimout, disconnection, disruption, electrical failure, interruption |
| Main Entry: | outage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of operation |
| Synonyms: | blackout, brownout, failure, interruption |
| Main Entry: | discontinuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | break, cessation, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuity, disruption, ending, gap, halt, interruption, pause, stay, stoppage, suspension |
| Main Entry: | discontinuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | break, cessation, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, disruption, ending, gap, halt, interruption, pause, stay, stoppage, suspension |
| Main Entry: | interspace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack*, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prevention |
| Synonyms: | avoidance, blockage, deterence, determent, deterrence, forestalling, forestallment, halt, hindrance, impediment, inhibitor, interception, interruption, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, prohibition, stoppage, thwarting |
| Main Entry: | preclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prevention |
| Synonyms: | avoidance, blockage, deterence, determent, deterrence, forestalling, forestallment, halt, hindrance, impediment, inhibitor, interception, interruption, obstacle, obstruction, obviation, prohibition, stoppage, thwarting |
| Main Entry: | tie-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stoppage |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime, gridlock, hindrance, immobilization, interruption, jam*, layoff, lockout, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, sit-down, standstill, stopping, walkout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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