[
  {
    "word": "interrupt",
    "phonetic": "/\u02cc\u026ant\u0259\u02c8\u0279\u028cpt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02cc\u026ant\u0259\u02c8\u0279\u028cpt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/interrupt-us-verb.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=268457"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "continue",
          "resume"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interrupt"
    ]
  }
]