disruption
/dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/
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Northern England/dɪsˈɹʊpʃən/
disruption noun: an interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
Noun
disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)
- An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
- The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.
- In the May 12 memo, Meta said it had previously allowed open discussion of abortion at work but later recognized that it had led to “significant disruptions in the workplace given unique legal complexities and the number of people affected by the issue.”2022 June 24, Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac, “Meta clamps down on internal discussion of Roe v. Wade’s overturning.”, in The New York Times
- A continuing act of disorder.
- There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.
- A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.
disruption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
disruption in Hindi
- interruption
- विघटन vighṭan, रुकावट rukāvaṭ
- disorder
- व्यूहभंग vyūhbhaṅg
disruption in Tamil
- இடையூறு, தடங்கல், இடையீடு, தகர்ப்பு, நிலைகுலைவு, சீர்குலைவு
disruption in Urdu
- انتشار, انتزاع, توڑ پھوڑ
disruption in Bengali
- ব্যাঘাত, বিঘ্ন
More languagesFewer languages
- disruption in Malayalam
- പൊട്ടൽ, വിളളൽ, പിളർക്കൽ, ഭംഗം
- disruption in Kannada
- ಭೇದನ
- disruption in Punjabi
- ਵਿਘਨ
- disruption in Gujarati
- વિક્ષેપ
- disruption in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାଘାତ, ବିଘ୍ନ
- disruption in Nepali
- व्यवधान
- disruption in Persian
- گسیختگی, انقطاع
Examples of disruption in a sentence
- I refer to your letter of the 16th instant in regard to traffic disruption.
- An indef seems the only way to stem the flow of disruption from this user.
- A stock-up is a good idea, in case of supply chain disruptions.
Forms of disruption
| plural | disruptions |
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Origin of disruption
From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere. By surface analysis, disrupt + -ion.
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Phrases with disruption
Words that rhyme with disruption
Questions about disruption
- What does disruption mean?
- Disruption means an interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
- What is disruption in Hindi?
- Disruption in Hindi is विघटन (vighṭan), रुकावट (rukāvaṭ), व्यूहभंग (vyūhbhaṅg). See Disruption meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disruption?
- Disruption is a noun.
- How do you pronounce disruption?
- Disruption is pronounced /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disruption?
- The plural of disruption is disruptions.
Words near disruption in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disruption (page history and authors); disruption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disruption (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disruption (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruption (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disruption (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disruption (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruption (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruption (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruption (Nepali, 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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