cut off, cut - cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations"

punctuate - interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

break - interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit"

put away - turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "She turned away from her painting"

intermit, pause, break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in, put in - break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"

burst in on, burst upon - spring suddenly; "He burst upon our conversation"

heckle - challenge aggressively

interject, interpose, throw in, come in, inject, put in - to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"

block, jam - interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"

stop over, stop - interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"

take time off, take off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

cut in - interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!"

cut short - cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in, put in - break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"

terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI"

hold on, stop - stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

break off, break short, cut short - interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"

suspend, freeze - stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"