interruption, break

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

• dislocation, disruption — an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
• punctuation — something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
• suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement — an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
• eclipse, occultation — one celestial body obscures another

• happening, occurrence, natural event — an event that happens