disruption

Variant of disrupt

disrupt definition

dis·rupt (dis rupt′, dis′-)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to break apart; split up; rend asunder
  2. to disturb or interrupt the orderly course of (a social affair, meeting, etc.)

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

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