interrupt
v.v. to stop someone while they are talking or doing something. You might do this to ask a question or because something else is happening.
v. to break the continuity of an action, speech, or process. Often implies a sudden or unwelcome intrusion into a sequence.
Please do not interrupt me while I am speaking.
The loud alarm began to interrupt our meeting every few minutes, making it impossible to finish the presentation.
While the speaker attempted to outline the new policy, several protesters began to interrupt with shouted questions, forcing the moderator to pause the session and call for order.
From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.
He interrupted to me.He interrupted me.Interrupt is a transitive verb and does not require a preposition before the object.