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caesura

/sɪ'ʒʊrə/

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noun
a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
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type of:
prosody inflection
noun
a pause or interruption (as in a conversation)
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"after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"

type of:
break pause suspension interruption intermission

Examples of caesura

"after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"