as in to intrude
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion it's rude to interrupt when someone is making an important point

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Recent Examples of interrupt The 54-year-old and her cohost husband Mark Consuelos welcomed actor Christopher Meloni to the show for an interview Thursday morning, during which a lively audience member attempted to jump in to interrupt with a question of her own. EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025 In his long interviews with world leaders, including the presidents of Kosovo, Serbia, Rwanda, Belarus and prime minister of Slovakia, Nawfal tends to not interrupt or push back against his guests' claims. Huo Jingnan, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025 Parkhill says brands today want to be what people seek out, not what interrupts their attention. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025 But, nothing’s more annoying than repeatedly interrupting your travel buddy’s in-flight peace for more water. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interrupt
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Verb
  • That entire process egregiously intrudes on the Executive Branch's exclusive prosecutorial powers.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But the White House has balked at trying to broker his return, arguing the courts can’t intrude on the president’s diplomacy powers.
    Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow was popular enough that fans wanted a solo story, but the studio didn't bother to make it until her character was already dead in the major timeline, then skipped the theatrical release, which Johansson sued them about.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2025
  • So much so that Gillaspie didn’t bother to even grab a towel last summer when a pitching coach yelled into the visiting showers to alert him that Triple-A El Paso manager Pete Zamora needed to see him.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The bill sets dosage limits for various product types, and by 2029, those limits would be cut in half.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Lawsuits challenging Trump administration cuts in grant funding by other agencies, such as the Department Health and Human Services, have made analogous arguments.
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In the draft alone, the Browns added two quarterbacks.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Graves added that taking on the U.S. is the biggest issue now to Canadians, more than the cost of living.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • Other ads feature images of Harris and VP candidate Tim Walz interposed with post-apocalyptic scenes, and pictures of Walz and President Biden mashed up with images of prescription drugs spilling out of bottles.
    Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Such a note, seemingly interposed at random, echoes Whitman and DeFeo.
    David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • Goofy things are expected when kids call their dad for unexpected reasons, but Tramaine Gaines was in disbelief when his family claimed an alligator was trying to break in.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
  • After this break in Rockport's car vandalism case, Favaloro posted a comical description of the bird's business on a neighborhood Facebook group.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Interrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupt. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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