Lewis Short
(verb) : inter-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3
* To tear asunder, break down; to separate, interrupt (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary