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English

Etymology

From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???p??n/, /d?z???p??n/, /d?z???p??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s???p??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)

1. An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.

   The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.

2. A continuing act of disorder.

   There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.

3. A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.

Related terms

• disrupt
• disruptive

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Disruption of 1843 (in the Church of Scotland)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

disruption f (plural disruptions)

1. break; fracture

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpere, commonly dirumpere (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???pt/, /d?z???pt/, /d?z???pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Verb

disrupt (third-person singular simple present disrupts, present participle disrupting, simple past and past participle disrupted)

1. (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.

2. (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
3. (transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.

Related terms

• disruptable, disruptible
• disruption
• disruptive

Translations

Adjective

disrupt (comparative more disrupt, superlative most disrupt)

1. (obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Further reading

• disrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disrupt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disrupt at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• prudist