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disrupt

[ dis-ruhpt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to cause disorder or turmoil in:
The news disrupted their conference.
to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of; interrupt:
Telephone service was disrupted for hours.
to break apart:
to disrupt a connection.
Business. to radically change (an industry, business strategy, etc.), as by introducing a new product or service that creates a new market:
It’s time to disrupt your old business model.

adjective

broken apart; disrupted.

disrupt

/ dɪsˈrʌpt /

verb

tr to throw into turmoil or disorder
tr to interrupt the progress of (a movement, meeting, etc)
to break or split (something) apart

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Derived Forms

disˈrupter, noun
disˈruption, noun

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Other Words From

dis·rupter dis·ruptor noun
nondis·rupting adjective
nondis·rupting·ly adverb
undis·rupted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disrupt¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin disruptus, variant of dīruptus “broken apart,” past participle of dīrumpere “to break apart,” from dī- di- ² + rumpere “to break”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disrupt¹

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

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Example Sentences

Peaceful protest is welcome in America today—seeking to disrupt Americans looking to enjoy an NFL game is obnoxious.

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The power of intersex bodies is their ability to disrupt social norms.

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In the process, Apple may be about to disrupt an entirely different market.

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If that failed, they could disrupt the proceedings by threat of force.

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I think they will go ahead, since the West has advised Russia to not do anything to disrupt them.

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They'll flock to the diamond field and disrupt the operation, and we can move back in to some of the shot stations.

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Each one is a cog in the vast organization and one slip may disrupt the whole arrangement.

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One explosive charge per cell, of just sufficient size to disrupt the nucleus.

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Meanwhile the petty, local fight had started which was to disrupt this hope of Barton's, and thwart its fulfillment forever.

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Finally, a capitular government in missionary countries was a physical impossibility, and would disrupt the whole Order.

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