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disrupt
[ dis-ruhpt ]
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
/ ɪˈʌ /
verb
- tr to throw into turmoil or disorder
- tr to interrupt the progress of (a movement, meeting, etc)
- to break or split (something) apart
Derived Forms
- 徱ˈܱپDz, noun
- 徱ˈܱٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱·ܱİ 徱·ܱtǰ noun
- ԴDzd·ܱiԲ adjective
- ԴDzd·ܱiԲ·ly adverb
- ܲd·ܱĻ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of disrupt1
Example Sentences
Trump, meanwhile, has claimed without evidence that Democrats are "paying a fortune" to disrupt town halls.
“Trump is asserting a particular theory about executive power, but that’s really all he has,” Ekbladh said, “and that has defined his first hundred days — disrupt, break, defund.”
County workers are poised to walk off their jobs Monday night, disrupting public services from healthcare and social work to libraries and parks.
A Home Office spokesperson said the government were "strengthening international partnerships and boosting our ability to identify, disrupt, and dismantle criminal gangs whilst strengthening the security of our borders."
The blackouts have led to public transport being disrupted, with trains being cancelled.
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