disrupting
disrupting is the present participle and gerund of disrupt.
Meaning of disrupt
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.
- 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
disrupting (comparative more disrupting, superlative most disrupting)
- That disrupts; disruptive.
- 'Even if I make so monstrous an admission as that our molecules could be dispersed by some disrupting power, why should they reassemble in exactly the same order as before?'1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine
Forms of disrupting
| comparative | more disrupting |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disrupting |
Words formed from disrupting
Questions about disrupting
- What does disrupting mean?
- Disrupting means that disrupts; disruptive.
- What is disrupting the present participle and gerund of?
- Disrupting is the present participle and gerund of disrupt.
- What part of speech is disrupting?
- Disrupting is an adjective.
Words near disrupting in the dictionary
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