1
as in breaking
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 shuffling
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 disrupting
And that crackdown is disrupting the global remittance market.
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NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
This prevents stray heat from disrupting the atoms’ oscillations.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Published with our TechLine newsletter, Rendering will examine how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The beetles feed under the bark for up to two years, disrupting the flow of nutrients through the tree.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The real passengers on the ship were not particularly delighted to have large camera cables and lights and people disrupting their vacations.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
First came an enormous X-class solar flare, whose radiation hit Earth within eight minutes, disrupting communications, radar and tracking systems.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2025
There has been a history of computer problems disrupting flights in the industry, though most of the time the disruptions are only temporary.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Fans shouldn’t have to worry about any medical issues disrupting the performance.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
This prevents stray heat from disrupting the atoms’ oscillations.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Published with our TechLine newsletter, Rendering will examine how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The beetles feed under the bark for up to two years, disrupting the flow of nutrients through the tree.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The real passengers on the ship were not particularly delighted to have large camera cables and lights and people disrupting their vacations.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
First came an enormous X-class solar flare, whose radiation hit Earth within eight minutes, disrupting communications, radar and tracking systems.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2025
There has been a history of computer problems disrupting flights in the industry, though most of the time the disruptions are only temporary.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Fans shouldn’t have to worry about any medical issues disrupting the performance.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrupting
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His most recent stop before Arkansas was in Baltimore, Maryland, as a night and breaking news editor.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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The user shared another clip in the thread that followed, showing the G1 breaking into a room like a burglar, shattering a glass door.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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In early October, the former reality star shared with her fans that her dog ran into her, fracturing her leg.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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This discovery ultimately ends up completely fracturing the Dark Hearts.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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A lot of disturbing things happened in The Exorcist — Regan MacNeil's 360 neck turn remains one of the most diabolical things to happen on film — and for its innovations, the 1973 movie scored 10 Oscar nominations.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Overdevelopment destroying our communities.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Unless this is another ploy by women who are intent on destroying each other.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Perplexity’s image features photographs of people with some truly nightmarish distortions on its wall, while the placement of its sink is confusing and distracting.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was out of respect for me, and also to avoid confusing the children.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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According to the current lawsuit, Fletcher has not paid his half of the minimum $1,500 per month restitution for the existing settlement, but his ex-wife has paid her portion, reducing the restitution balance to just under $56,000.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2025
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These are all part of standard advice for good sleep hygiene, which also includes reducing screen use before bed and creating a regular evening routine, like reading or listening to calming music.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Noles had high hopes for the season after upsetting Alabama 31-17 in Week 1, but have gone 2-4 since.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Even though moral victories are for losers, the only loss Mike McDaniel’s team should lower its head in shame about was that 31-6 Cleveland loss two weeks ago, but the Dolphins responded by upsetting the Atlanta Falcons last week.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Disrupting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrupting. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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