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Webster 1913 Edition
disrupt
dis-rupt′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disrupted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disrupting
.] 1.
To break asunder; to rend.
Thomson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disrupt
DISRUPT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
disrupt
disrupt
English
Verb
disrupt (third-person singular simple present disrupts, present participle disrupting, simple past and past participle disrupted)
- (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
- Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
- (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children’s brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
- Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.
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- (transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
- The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.
Related terms
Translations
to throw into confusion or disorder
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to interrupt or impede something
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Adjective
disrupt (comparative more disrupt, superlative most disrupt)
- (obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.