1
as in to break
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
an earthquake that had disrupted the elevated highway in several places
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as in to disturb
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the arrival of a baby in the household would totally disrupt their established routine
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Recent Examples of disrupt
The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, originally slated for November 11, has been postponed after a group of some twenty protesters disrupted a preview event on November 9.
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News Desk, Artforum, 10 Nov. 2025
Until that deal is reached, CLT passengers will continue to have their travel plans disrupted.
—Chase Jordan
updated November 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
Organizers made the decision after protesters repeatedly disrupted the recent Spanish Vuelta in the presence of Israel-Premier Tech.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
That’s led an overwhelming number to view the WNBA (and the NBA as well) as the guiltier party, the one threatening to disrupt games.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 10 Nov. 2025
Until that deal is reached, CLT passengers will continue to have their travel plans disrupted.
—Chase Jordan
updated November 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
Organizers made the decision after protesters repeatedly disrupted the recent Spanish Vuelta in the presence of Israel-Premier Tech.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
That’s led an overwhelming number to view the WNBA (and the NBA as well) as the guiltier party, the one threatening to disrupt games.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrupt
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Prabowo has always denied the allegations that led to his dismissal from the military in 1998, the same year Indonesia broke free from Suharto’s authoritarian rule.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The film, which was produced by Sony, has reportedly become the most popular Netflix film ever, and continues to break streaming records, even for its original soundtrack.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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Rose tells Shaw that her community is concerned about sacred remains being disturbed.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The 34-year-old appeared to have deactivated her X account after disturbing posts on her account resurfaced online.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Disenfranchisement is nothing new along the interstate highway that city planners dropped into Black communities in the 1960s, fracturing thriving neighborhoods.—
David Smiley,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Explosives are used in construction blasting to fracture rock around boreholes during tunnel excavation.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Farmers’ Almanac will be gone for good after its final 2026 edition, not to be confused with The Old Farmer's Almanac, a separate publication.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Blue Origin also launches New Shepard from Texas The New Glenn spacecraft is not to be confused with Blue Origin's much smaller New Shepard rocket that the company launches from West Texas on brief trips taking paying passengers high above Earth's atmosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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So, automation can be used to destroy labor or workers’ power, but it can also be used in the opposite direction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Homes, businesses and synagogues were destroyed.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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In September, Spotify added the ability to free users search for and play specific songs, rather than being forced to head directly to shuffled playlists or albums, though users were limited to one song at a time before the app started to shuffle.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Royals shuffled their hitting department after the 2025 season concluded.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Tax rises would likely act as another damper on inflation by reducing consumer demand.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Researchers also stressed that the synergistic effect of K+ and C3N4 co-intercalation lowers the energy barrier, reduces the electrostatic interaction, and enhances the kinetics and structural stability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Team defense still appears disorganized, despite standout individual moments and performances.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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If your files are disorganized, your workflows are ad-hoc, or your code is messy, the AI tools have a very small and chaotic surface area to work with.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Disrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrupt. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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