disrupt

verb

dis·rupt | \ dis-ˈrəpt

disrupted; disrupting; disrupts

Definition of disrupt

1a : to break apart : rupture three periods of faulting disrupted the rocks — University of Arizona Record

b : to throw into disorder demonstrators trying to disrupt the meeting

2 : to interrupt the normal course or unity of … disrupted a bridge game by permanently hiding up the ace of spades …— Scott Fitzgerald can disrupt an industry with new technology

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Other Words from disrupt

disrupter also disruptor noun

disruption \ dis-ˈrəp-shən

\ noun

disruptive \ dis-ˈrəp-tiv

\ adjective

disruptively adverb

disruptiveness noun

Examples of disrupt in a Sentence

The barking dogs disrupted my sleep. The weather disrupted our travel plans. a chemical that disrupts cell function

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2017, the group organized an action that went viral when youth delegates disrupted the White House panel promoting fossil fuels at the UN climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. — Maia Wikler, Teen Vogue, "5 Youth-Led Climate Justice Groups Helping to Save the Environment," 28 Mar. 2019 And yes, my parents used to pick up the phone and disrupt my dial-up Internet escapades. — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "Try your hand at being an operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum," 22 Dec. 2018 In the lead-up to the midterm elections, Trump baselessly accused Soros of paying protesters who disrupted the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. — Aaron Rupar, Vox, "Republican congressman spreads anti-Semitic Soros conspiracy theory with impunity on Fox Business," 6 Dec. 2018 Nonetheless, the duties will hurt sales and disrupt supply chains for some industries and businesses. — Don Lee, latimes.com, "U.S. and China slap big tariffs on each other, escalating trade fight," 6 July 2018 Many of the tech industry’s biggest leaders attend Brainstorm Tech in search of a competitive edge and to avoid being disrupted into oblivion. — Fortune Editors, Fortune, "Watch Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference Livestream," 2 July 2018 The company, which has more than 29 million business and individual customers, said on Friday that the outages stemmed from fiber optic cables at two internet infrastructure companies that were cut or otherwise disrupted. — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, "Friday's Massive Comcast Outage Shows How Fragile the Internet Is," 29 June 2018 However, copper IUDs do not disrupt implantation of a fertilized egg that has already occurred, according to ACOG. — Natasha Lavender, SELF, "Here's How Emergency Contraception Actually Works," 1 Apr. 2019 In very good news, this angle does not disrupt or dilute Spider-Verse's focus on a few important characters and their relationships. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," 14 Dec. 2018

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