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
Williams gleefully interrupts Faith's stream of consciousness with a profound interjection.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
According to Cleveland Clinic, dyscalculia interrupts the areas in the brain that process skills related to numerical comprehension, similar to how dyslexia complicates the brain’s ability to read.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
Alas, the doorbell rings and interrupts the moment.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
But when an unwelcome stranger interrupts Ramona’s first night in the Malibu cottage, the entire scheme could go up in flames.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
The horrific, lethal, split-second impact comes in frame 313, seven rows up from the bottom and 16 frames to the right, where a burst of vertical light interrupts the horizontal flow of the terrible pictorial narrative.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Gary interrupts them yet again, but Daisy’s favor is clearly with Keith.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Gary interrupts this heart-to-heart, now in full-on party mode.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Medicare’s first objective is to make sure nothing interrupts the flow of medications, devices and services to beneficiaries.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
According to Cleveland Clinic, dyscalculia interrupts the areas in the brain that process skills related to numerical comprehension, similar to how dyslexia complicates the brain’s ability to read.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
Alas, the doorbell rings and interrupts the moment.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
But when an unwelcome stranger interrupts Ramona’s first night in the Malibu cottage, the entire scheme could go up in flames.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
The horrific, lethal, split-second impact comes in frame 313, seven rows up from the bottom and 16 frames to the right, where a burst of vertical light interrupts the horizontal flow of the terrible pictorial narrative.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Gary interrupts them yet again, but Daisy’s favor is clearly with Keith.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Gary interrupts this heart-to-heart, now in full-on party mode.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Medicare’s first objective is to make sure nothing interrupts the flow of medications, devices and services to beneficiaries.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Interrupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupts. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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