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
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.
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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
This interrupts automatic defensiveness and signals self-possession.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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
This interrupts automatic defensiveness and signals self-possession.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 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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For Kimberly-Clark, the deal adds a new swath of consumer brands.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Still, the team notes that the real world adds complexity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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That’s what bothers me about it.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?—
Time,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Interrupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupts. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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