inter-rumpō rūpī, ruptus, ere, to break apart, break off, interrupt, break to pieces, break up: pontem fluminis, destroy, Cs.: pontem ferro, igni, L.

— To break through, divide, scatter: interrupta acies, L.: extremum agmen, Cs.: Interrupti ignes, scattered, V.

—Fig., to break off, interrupt: orationem, Cs.: iter amoris: tenorem rerum, L.