interrupts

verb

present tense third-person singular of interrupt
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 As Severide is about to share his decision, an emergency call interrupts his announcement. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 July 2026 In the last episode, Chief Pascal was discussing the future with Severide (Taylor Kinney) when an emergency call interrupts their conversation and sends the squad to a burning warehouse. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 31 July 2026 Of course, just as Severide is about to share his decision, an emergency call interrupts his announcement. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026 When basic healthcare is unavailable, insecurity interrupts humanitarian assistance, or essential prevention infrastructure. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 July 2026 Montana interrupts himself, unnecessarily minding his manners. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 30 July 2026 In a clip from Meghan’s appearance, Harry interrupts the show with a video call for his wife. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 26 July 2026 Safety can't mean a provider interrupts a legitimate use case with no remedy. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 If work interrupts family time, name the boundary and offer a practical alternative instead of quietly resenting everyone involved. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupts
  1. intrudes
  2. adds
  3. bothers
  4. interposes
Verb
  • But his avuncular encouragement of Tony in what could be absolute folly brings real heart to this section — until calamity intrudes.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
  • In Jenny Offill’s Weather, climate change intrudes on its narrator’s mundane day-to-day thoughts, a nagging anxiety that never quite boils over.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of intrudes
Verb
  • Okada adds that the only thing that matters is keeping the championship in the family.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • His shoot-first mindset adds a useful dimension to Tottenham’s attack, particularly when lining up alongside Dominic Solanke, a natural facilitator, and Kudus, who was Tottenham’s primary creative outlet in the frontline before his injury.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of adds
Verb
  • My concern is what happens when the signal becomes so established that nobody bothers separating it from the qualities it was supposed to represent.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The result is a bunch of people losing their jobs, which really bothers me.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of bothers
Verb
  • The music video interposes clips of a nation on fire—thieves and looters running rampant, protesters spitting in cops’ faces—with footage of Aldean and his band playing in front of a courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, vowing to deliver justice.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Definition of interposes

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“Interrupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupts. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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