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dis·rupt

(dĭs-rŭpt′)

tr.v. dis·rupt·ed, dis·rupt·ing, dis·rupts

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.

[Latin disrumpere, disrupt-, to break apart : dis-, dis- + rumpere, to break apart; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

dis·rupt′er, dis·rup′tor n.

dis·rup′tion n.

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Noun	1.	disruption - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" interruption, gap, break cut-in, insert - (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film cut-in, insert - (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time interposition, interjection, interpellation, interpolation - the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts abruption, breaking off - an instance of sudden interruption barracking, heckling - shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
	2.	disruption - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, commotion, disturbance, flutter disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order turmoil, upheaval, convulsion - a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market" earthquake - a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees" incident - a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station" stir, splash - a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" tempest, storm - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot" storm center, storm centre - a center of trouble or disturbance garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion
	3.	disruption - an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity dislocation break, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
	4.	disruption - the act of causing disorder perturbation disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion breakdown, dislocation - the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" surprisal, surprise - the act of surprising someone

disruption

noun disturbance, disorder, confusion, interference, disarray, interruption, stoppage, disorderliness delays and disruption to flights from Britain

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

disruption

noun

1. The act or an example of upsetting:

disordering, disorganization, upset.

2. A cessation of continuity or regularity:

break, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, interruption, pause, suspension.

Translations

تَمْزيق، تَعْطيل

rušení

sammenbrud

Unterbrechung

alteración interrupción trastorno

perturbation

széthullásszéttörés

upplausn; truflun

disruzioneinterruzione scioglimento scompiglio sconvolgimento

oppbrudd

engel olmasekte vurma

瓦解

disruption

[dɪsˈrʌpʃən] N [of meeting, communications] → interrupción f; [of plans] → alteración f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

disruption

[dɪsˈrʌpʃ^ən] n [plans, meeting, lesson] → perturbation f; [services] → perturbation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

disruption

n → Störung f; (of lesson, meeting, conversation, train service also) → Unterbrechung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

disruption

[dɪsˈrʌpʃ/ən] n (see vb) → interruzione f; (XXX) → caos m, scombussolamento

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

disrupt

(disˈrapt) verb

to break up or put into a state of disorder. Rioters disrupted the meeting; Traffic was disrupted by floods.

disˈruption (-ʃən) noun

disˈruptive (-tiv) adjective

causing disorder. a disruptive child.

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His father - that iron gentleman - had long ago enthroned himself on the heights of the Disruption Principles.

Nicholson was ambitious for his family (in which, and the Disruption Principles, he entirely lived), and he hated to see a son of his play second fiddle to an idler.

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Beyond a certain limit no mechanical disruption of the body could hasten the process of decomposition.

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Others have endeavored to account for these discharges of "mountain artillery" on humbler principles; attributing them to the loud reports made by the disruption and fall of great masses of rock, reverberated and prolonged by the echoes; others, to the disengagement of hydrogen, produced by subterraneous beds of coal in a state of ignition.

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"Haldin means disruption," he thought to himself, beginning to walk again.

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A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted.

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But an unlucky allusion to his previous remarks on Kearney's attentions to Jessie, and a querulous regret that he had permitted a disruption of their social intimacy, brought such an ominous and frigid opposition, not only from Christie, but even the frivolous Jessie herself, that Carr sank back in a crushed and terrified silence.

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These phenomena were occasioned by the expansion of the gas, through increase of heat in the atmosphere, and the consequent disruption of the minute particles of ice with which the network had become encrusted during the night.

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In the cities of the Mercenaries and of the labor castes similar programmes of disruption were to be carried out.

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Measuring the full cost of a manufacturing disruption is difficult, but it's important because a disruption can significantly affect a company's financial health.

The cost of manufacturing disruptions: this simple procedure to accurately measure the cost of manufacturing disruptions has applications beyond cost management

"Disruption by Design: How to Create Products that Disrupt and then Dominate Markets" is specifically designed to be an instructional handbook and guide for entrepreneurs, CEOs, product developers, innovators, and others who want to build products or create services that systematically disrupt markets.

Disruption by Design

There is no incidence of cyber-attack detected so far in the network service disruption of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), since the disruption was first detected on Aug 21.