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Disrupt Common

Disrupt has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make a break in

"We interrupt the program for the following messages"

2

throw into disorder

"This event disrupted the orderly process"

3

interfere in someone else's activity

"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"

4

To throw into confusion or disorder.

"The sudden power outage disrupted our entire morning meeting, leaving everyone scrambling to find their notes and devices."

Adjective
1

Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

"The sudden storm lashed through the valley, disrupting the once-unbroken line of trees until not a single trunk remained standing."

Example Sentences
"We interrupt the program for the following messages" verb
"This event disrupted the orderly process" verb
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
break chime in
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cut punctuate break put away pause chime in burst in on heckle interject jam stop take off cut in cut short
Rhyming Words
supt haupt erupt abrupt irrupt prorupt corrupt wankrupt bankrupt interrupt incorrupt uncorrupt be corrupt go bankrupt noninterrupt become corrupt morally corrupt hardware interrupt non maskable interrupt
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