interruption

Noun

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
  • the telephone is an annoying interruption
    
  • there was a break in the action when a player was hurt
    

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
  • it was presented without commercial breaks
    
  • there was a gap in his account
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pause , intermission , break , suspension , disruption , gap