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interjection

 noun
     
Related topics: Grammar
in‧ter‧jec‧tion
1 [countable]SLG technical a word or phrase used to express a strong feeling such as shock, pain, or pleasure [= exclamation]
2 [uncountable and countable] formal an interruption or the act of interrupting
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