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disrupt — dis‧rupt [dɪsˈrʌpt] verb [transitive] to prevent a situation, event, system etc from working in the normal way: • Traders are worried that war would disrupt ocean shipping. • The union have threatened to disrupt services if their members are not… … Financial and business terms
Disrupt — est un groupe crustcore/grindcore fondé en 1990 à Boston aux États Unis. Bien que le groupe n’ait officiellement sorti qu’un seul album (Unrest on Relapse), il a acquis un statut de groupe culte parmi les fans du genre, principalement grâce aux… … Wikipédia en Français
Disrupt — Allgemeine Information … Deutsch Wikipedia
disrupt — [v1] upset, disorganize agitate, bollix, confuse, disarray, discombobulate, discompose, disorder, disturb, mess up, mix up, muck up*, muddle, muddy the waters*, psych out*, put off, rattle, rattle one’s cage*, rummage, screw up*, shake, spoil,… … New thesaurus
Disrupt — Dis*rupt , a. [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis + rumpere to break, burst. See {Rupture}.] Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disrupt — dis*rupt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrupting}.] 1. To break asunder; to rend. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. to destroy the continuity of, usually temporarily; as, electrical power was disrupted by the hurricane. [PJC] 3.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disrupt — I verb agitate, annoy, break apart, cause chaos, cause confusion, cause scission, confuse, create a disturbance, create disorder, derange, disarrange, discompose, discontinue, dishevel, disjoin, disorder, disorganize, disquiet, dissociate,… … Law dictionary
disrupt — 1650s, but rare before c.1820, from L. disruptus, pp. of disrumpere (see DISRUPTION (Cf. disruption)). Or perhaps a back formation from disruption. Related: Disrupted; disrupting. As a pp. adj. meaning torn, severed attested from early 15c … Etymology dictionary
disrupt — ► VERB ▪ interrupt or disturb (an activity or process). DERIVATIVES disrupter (also disruptor) noun disruption noun disruptive adjective. ORIGIN Latin disrumpere break apart … English terms dictionary
disrupt — [dis rupt′, dis′rupt′] vt., vi. [< L disruptus, pp. of disrumpere, to break apart < dis , apart (see DIS ) + rumpere, to break: see RUPTURE] 1. to break apart; split up; rend asunder 2. to disturb or interrupt the orderly course of (a… … English World dictionary
disrupt — verb ADVERB ▪ badly (esp. BrE), seriously, severely, significantly ▪ The bad weather has seriously disrupted supplies of food. ▪ completely, totally … Collocations dictionary
