DISRUPT

interrupt, disrupt

(verb) interfere in someone else’s activity; “Please don’t interrupt me while I’m on the phone”

disrupt

(verb) throw into disorder; “This event disrupted the orderly process”

interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off

(verb) make a break in; “We interrupt the program for the following messages”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

disrupt (third-person singular simple present disrupts, present participle disrupting, simple past and past participle disrupted)

(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.

(transitive) To interrupt or impede.

(transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.

Adjective

disrupt (comparative more disrupt, superlative most disrupt)

(obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Anagrams

• prudist

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*rupt", a. Etym: [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.]

Definition: Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Dis*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrupting.]

Definition: To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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