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dis⋅rup⋅tion

  [dis-ruhp-shuhn]
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–noun
1. forcible separation or division into parts.
2. a disrupted condition: The state was in disruption.
Origin:
1640–50; < L disruptiōn- (s. of disruptiō), equiv. to disrupt- (see disrupt ) + -iōn- -ion
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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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Disruption

Dis*rup"tion\, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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disruption 
1646, from L. disruptionem, from stem of disrumpere "break apart, split," from dis- "apart" + rumpere "to break."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: dis·rup·tion
Pronunciation: dis-'r&p-sh&n
Function: noun
: the act or process of breaking apart or rupturing disruption of the partly healed wound> —dis·rupt /dis-'r&pt/ transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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