inter-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to tear asunder, break down; to separate, interrupt (class.).
I Lit.: pontem, Caes. B. G. 2, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 4: aggerem, Caes. B. G. 7, 24: venas, i. e. to open , Tac. A. 15, 35. —
II Transf., to break or cut off , to separate , part , divide , hinder , interrupt , disturb : Chalcis arto interscinditur freto, Liv. 28, 7: ruina interscindit aquas, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11: vinculum animi atque amoris, Gell. 12, 1, 21: laetitiam, Sen. Ep. 72, 5.