I was very upset by the disruption in my normal morning routine.
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Disruption
//dɪsˈɹʌpʃən//
Synonyms for "disruption" (172 found)
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Noun(13 words)
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62 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- безредие noun (disorder)
- прекъсване noun (interruption)
- разрив noun (interruption)
Catalan
3 entries- desordre noun (disorder)
- disrupció noun (interruption)
- interrupció noun (interruption)
Dutch
3 entries- onderbreking noun (interruption)
- ontregeling noun (interruption)
- wanorde noun (disorder)
Finnish
2 entries- hajaannus noun (interruption)
- sekasorto noun (interruption)
French
4 entries- disruption noun (interruption)
- interruption noun (interruption)
- perturbation noun (interruption)
- rupture noun (interruption)
German
4 entries- Disruption noun (interruption)
- Durcheinander noun (disorder)
- Störfaktor noun (interruption)
- Störung noun (interruption)
Hindi
2 entries- विघटन noun (interruption)
- व्यूहभंग noun (disorder)
Hungarian
4 entries- felfordulás noun (disorder)
- fennakadás noun (interruption)
- megszakítás noun (interruption)
- zavar noun (interruption)
Italian
4 entries- disruzione noun (interruption)
- disservizio noun (disorder)
- interruzione noun (interruption)
- rottura noun (interruption)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- brudd noun (interruption)
- uorden noun (disorder)
Persian
2 entries- انقطاع noun (interruption)
- گسیختگی noun (interruption)
Polish
1 entries- zakłócenie noun (interruption)
Portuguese
2 entries- disrupção noun (interruption)
- ruptura noun (interruption)
Russian
4 entries- наруше́ние noun (interruption)
- разры́в noun (interruption)
- расстро́йство noun (disorder)
- срыв noun (interruption)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- disrupcija noun (interruption)
- narušenje noun (interruption)
Spanish
4 entries- desarreglo noun (disorder)
- desorden noun (disorder)
- desorganización noun (disorder)
- disrupción noun (interruption)
Turkish
4 entries- düzensizlik noun (disorder)
- inkıta noun (interruption)
- karmaşa noun (disorder)
- kesilme noun (interruption)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The strike by the train drivers in Germany caused much disruption to the holiday plans of overseas travellers.
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The household pets were upset at the disruption to their environment, when the painter arrived.
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Don't interrupt Tom. At the slightest disruption, he'll realize that he is hungry and then he'll spend a small fortune on sushi.
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