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Disrupt

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To throw into confusion or disorder. transitive

    "Hecklers disrupted the man's speech."

  2. 2
    interfere in someone else's activity wordnet
  3. 3
    To interrupt or impede. transitive

    "Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike."

  4. 4
    throw into disorder wordnet
  5. 5
    To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market. transitive

    "The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones."

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  1. 6
    make a break in wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).

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