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verb
- 1. interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem: "a rail strike that could disrupt both passenger and freight service" Similar
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The meaning of DISRUPT is to break apart : rupture. How to use disrupt in a sentence.
to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected: Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning. The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker. business specialized.
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.
disrupt. (dɪsrʌpt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense disrupts , present participle disrupting , past tense, past participle disrupted. 1. verb B2. If someone or something disrupts an event, system, or process, they cause difficulties that prevent it from continuing or operating in a normal way. Anti-war protesters disrupted the debate.
to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected: Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning. The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker. business specialized.
To disrupt is to interrupt or throw something into disorder. If you don't turn your phone off before a play, it might ring and disrupt the actors and the audience. Disrupt goes back to the Latin root disrumpere, "to break apart."
1. To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech. 2. To interrupt or impede the progress of: Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost. The noise disrupted my nap. 3. To break apart or alter so as to prevent normal or expected functioning: radiation that disrupts DNA and kills bacteria.
DISRUPTION definition: 1. the action of preventing something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as…. Learn more.
disrupt something to make it difficult for something to continue in the normal way. Demonstrators succeeded in disrupting the meeting. Bus services will be disrupted tomorrow because of the bridge closure.
Definition of disrupt verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
