disrupt

To disrupt is to break up or disturb something’s course.

(verb)

An example of to disrupt is for the protestors to stop the city council meeting.

See disrupt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Origin: < L disruptus, pp. of disrumpere, to break apart < dis-, apart (see dis-) + rumpere, to break: see rupture

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See disrupt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·rupt·ed, dis·rupt·ing, dis·rupts

To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.
To interrupt or impede the progress, movement, or procedure of: Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost.
To break or burst; rupture.

Origin:

Origin: Latin disrumpere, disrupt-, to break apart

Origin: : dis-, dis-

Origin: + rumpere, to break apart; see reup- in Indo-European roots

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