- break, interruption, disruption, gap - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
--1 is a kind of delay, holdup
--1 has particulars:cut-in, insert; cut-in, insert; interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation; breaking off, abruption; heckling, barracking Derived forms: verb disrupt1, verb disrupt3 - disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
--2 is a kind of disorder
--2 has particulars:convulsion, turmoil, upheaval; earthquake; incident; storm, tempest; storm center, storm centre; tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil - dislocation, disruption - an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
--3 is a kind of interruption, break
- disruption, perturbation - the act of causing disorder
--4 is a kind of disturbance
--4 has particulars: dislocation, breakdown; surprise, surprisalDerived form: verb disrupt2