interclude
/ɪntə(ɹ)ˈkluːd/
interclude · verb — to cut off or shut off (something) from a course or place, by something intervening; to intercept, to interrupt. It carries an Arena rating of 1632, earned across 27 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, interclude ranks #2,082 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #3,079 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #3,353 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #4,882 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
interclude is pronounced /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈkluːd/.
Why “interclude” is a great word
To sever something from its path or position by the imposition of an intervening barrier. It derives from the Latin interclūdō, from inter ("between") + claudō ("to shut"), first attested in English c. 1524. Unlike "intercept," which seizes a thing in motion, or "occlude," which implies a total physical blockage, "interclude" emphasizes the quiet act of cutting off by something that intervenes. It is the lowering of a castle's portcullis, the dense, root-tangled earth of a landslide, or the turning of a key in a lock—a physical act that makes two worlds of one, leaving what lies beyond in a separate and unreachable country.
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Etymology
From Latin interclūdō; inter (“between”) + claudō (“to shut”). See close.
verb
- To cut off or shut off (something) from a course or place, by something intervening; to intercept, to interrupt.
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