Disrupt meaning
To disrupt is to break up or disturb something’s course.
An example of to disrupt is for the protestors to stop the city council meeting.
verb
To interrupt or impede the progress of.
Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost. The noise disrupted my nap.
verb
To throw into confusion or disorder.
Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.
verb
To break apart or alter so as to prevent normal or expected functioning.
Radiation that disrupts DNA and kills bacteria.
verb
To break apart; split up; rend asunder.
verb
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To disturb or interrupt the orderly course of (a social affair, meeting, etc.)
verb
To improve a product or service in ways that displaces an established one and surprises the market.
The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.
verb
(obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
adjective
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Origin of disrupt
- Latin disrumpere disrupt- to break apart dis- dis- rumpere to break apart reup- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin disruptus, from disrumpere, commonly dirumpere (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpere (“to break”).
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