interrupt
verb (used with object)
to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
will interrupt
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future tenseof interrupt.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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When markets price crude oil, they must account for the risk that conflict, sabotage and terrorism will interrupt these flows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
"Less food, water and space is a recipe for heightened conflict and instability, and increasingly extreme weather events will interrupt supply chains and food distribution systems."
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2024
“Recently I received some devastating news that I have been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a form of cancer that will interrupt my 2022-23 basketball season.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
You never know what’s going on with COVID-19 and how that will interrupt production.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2020
She really was crazy to know the answer to the riddle, but a rattlesnake will interrupt anything from a proposal of marriage to a murder.
From The Ranch at the Wolverine by B. M. Bower
