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Webster 1913 Edition


Disruption

Dis-rup′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
disruptio
,
diruptio
.]
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture;
as, the
disruption
of rocks in an earthquake;
disruption
of a state.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disruption

DISRUPTION

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
The act of rending asunder; the act of bursting and separating.
2.
Breach; rent; dilaceration; as the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; the disruption of a stratum of earth; disruption of the flesh.