disrupt
UK/dɪsˈɹʌpt/
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Northern England/dɪsˈɹʊpt/
disrupt verb: to throw into confusion or disorder.
Verb
disrupt (third-person singular simple present disrupts, present participle disrupting, simple past and past participle disrupted)
- To throw into confusion or disorder.
- Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
- Synonyms:
- dislocate
- To interrupt or impede.
- Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.
- The Glaswegians bore good-humouredly the mishaps which occasionally disrupted the services during the first month.1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The Glasgow debacle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 66
- 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.
Adjective
disrupt (comparative more disrupt, superlative most disrupt)
- Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
disrupt meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
disrupt in Tamil
- ஊடறு, தகர்த்தெறி, தடை, பிள, பிளவு, தகர்
disrupt in Urdu
- چیرنا, خلل ڈالنا, منقطع کرنا, شیرازہ بکھرنا, تہہ و بالا کرنا
disrupt in Bengali
- সংহতিনাশ করা, সংহতিনাশক, সংহতিনাশ, চূর্ণবিচূর্ণ করা, বিপর্যস্ত করা, তছনছ করা
disrupt in Telugu
- అంతరాయం కలిగించడానికి, అంతరాయం కలిగించేందుకు, అంతరాయం కలిగించటానికి
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- disrupt in Malayalam
- തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുക, പൊട്ടിക്കുക, ഭേദിക്കുക, ഭഞ്ജിക്കുക
- disrupt in Kannada
- ಒಡೆದುಹಾಕು, ನಡುವೆ ಬರು, ತಡೆಯೊಡ್ಡು, ಅಡ್ಡಿಪಡಿಸು
- disrupt in Punjabi
- ਵਿਘਨ ਪਾਉਣ ਲਈ
- disrupt in Vietnamese
- làm phiền, ngán đường
Examples of disrupt in a sentence
- In the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic region, where 2°C warming has already occurred since 1950, the loss of coastal sea ice and permafrost is disrupting traditional Inuit hunting routines.2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 51:
- Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
Synonyms of disrupt
Forms of disrupt
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | disrupts |
| present participle | disrupting |
| past participle | disrupted |
| past | disrupted |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more disrupt |
| superlative | most disrupt |
Origin of disrupt
Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).
Words formed from disrupt
Words that rhyme with disrupt
Questions about disrupt
- What does disrupt mean?
- Disrupt means to throw into confusion or disorder.
- What is disrupt in Tamil?
- Disrupt in Tamil is ஊடறு, தகர்த்தெறி, தடை. See Disrupt meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use disrupt in a sentence?
- In the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic region, where 2°C warming has already occurred since 1950, the loss of coastal sea ice and permafrost is disrupting traditional Inuit hunting routines.
- What part of speech is disrupt?
- Disrupt can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disrupt?
- Disrupt is pronounced /dɪsˈɹʌpt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disrupt?
- The past tense of disrupt is disrupted.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disrupt (page history and authors); disrupt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disrupt (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disrupt (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disrupt (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disrupt (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disrupt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disrupt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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