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disrupt

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dis⋅rupt

  [dis-ruhpt]
Use disrupt in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
2. to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of; interrupt: Telephone service was disrupted for hours.
3. to break apart: to disrupt a connection.
–adjective
4. broken apart; disrupted.
Origin:
1650–60; < L disruptus (var. of dīruptus, ptp. of dīrumpere; dī- di- 2 + rumpere to break), equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + rup- break + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
dis⋅rupt⋅er, dis⋅rup⋅tor, noun
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dis·rupt   (dĭs-rŭpt')   
tr.v.   dis·rupt·ed, dis·rupt·ing, dis·rupts

  1. To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.

  2. To interrupt or impede the progress, movement, or procedure of: Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost.

  3. To break or burst; rupture.


[Latin disrumpere, disrupt-, to break apart : dis-, dis- + rumpere, to break apart; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
dis·rupt'er, dis·rup'tor n., dis·rup'tion n.
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