Meaning & use
interruptible
Able to be stopped or paused before completion, especially by another action or event.
See it in a sentence
The training video is interruptible, so you can pause it and return later.
In computing, an interruptible process can be paused to let a higher-priority task run first.
A note on using this word
Used often in technical writing about computer processes as well as in everyday tasks.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
uninterruptible
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