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disruption

[dis-ruhp-shuhn]

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noun

forcible separation or division into parts.

a disrupted condition: The state was in disruption.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin disruptiōn- (stem of disruptiō), equivalent to disrupt- (see disrupt) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

pre·dis·rup·tion, noun

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disrupt (dɪsˈrʌpt)

—vb
1.	(tr) to throw into turmoil or disorder
2.	(tr) to interrupt the progress of (a movement, meeting, etc)
3.	to break or split (something) apart

[C17: from Latin disruptus burst asunder, from dīrumpere to dash to pieces, from dis-¹ + rumpere to burst]

dis'rupter

—n

dis'ruptor

—n

dis'ruption

—n

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Word Origin & History

disruption

1640s, from L. disruptionem, from stem of disrumpere "break apart, split," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + rumpere "to break" (see rupture).

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