as in intrudes
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 interrupts
Speaking of Grande, a second clip posted Thursday by NBC opens with figure skating champion Alysa Liu performing a breathtaking routine on the ice before something like an earthquake interrupts her.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Vahid even interrupts an engagement photo shoot of Shiva’s (Mariam Afshari) for Goli (Hadis Pakbaten) and Ali (Madj Panahi) to see if two of three can tag him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Potential solutions Presently, most astronauts rely on medication that interrupts the brain’s ability to use hormones to trigger motion sickness.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Laura, who has convinced Carrie to help her, interrupts a gala presentation being made in Anne's honor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
This concentration of energy creates a tiny, controlled burn that interrupts the faulty circuit causing the tremor.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Pedigo interrupts to point out that even the records that got Walker labeled as a traditional country singer had more depth to their sounds than such a label affords him.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
No provocation on the part of the town’s inhabitants interrupts the tense calm.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the municipality’s tranquil pace, a dark secret is inadvertently exposed, and Ulysses soon discovers that the town is anything but its namesake.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Vahid even interrupts an engagement photo shoot of Shiva’s (Mariam Afshari) for Goli (Hadis Pakbaten) and Ali (Madj Panahi) to see if two of three can tag him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Potential solutions Presently, most astronauts rely on medication that interrupts the brain’s ability to use hormones to trigger motion sickness.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Laura, who has convinced Carrie to help her, interrupts a gala presentation being made in Anne's honor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
This concentration of energy creates a tiny, controlled burn that interrupts the faulty circuit causing the tremor.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Pedigo interrupts to point out that even the records that got Walker labeled as a traditional country singer had more depth to their sounds than such a label affords him.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
No provocation on the part of the town’s inhabitants interrupts the tense calm.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the municipality’s tranquil pace, a dark secret is inadvertently exposed, and Ulysses soon discovers that the town is anything but its namesake.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupts
Verb
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Meanwhile, seawater intrudes like an advancing army toward thicker ice, which rests on bedrock that slopes inward toward the bowl-like center of the continent.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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To Dalio, that rhetoric is the hallmark of a late-stage debt cycle, before reality intrudes.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His nominating speech, though, is so inspirational, the deadlocked convention eventually adds his name to the potential nominees.—
David Bianculli,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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The specter of huge future premium increases or whole-state withdrawals by insurers adds a new level of risk for every homeowner.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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What about him specifically bothers you especially in terms of poisoning the youth?—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Really, the accuracy is the one thing that bothers me with him.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Interrupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupts. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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