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The meaning of DISRUPT is to break apart : rupture. How to use disrupt in a sentence.
to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected: Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning. The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker. business specialized.
verb (used with object) to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference. to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of; interrupt: Telephone service was disrupted for hours. to break apart: to disrupt a connection.
to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected: Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning. The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker. business specialized.
To disrupt is to interrupt or throw something into disorder. If you don't turn your phone off before a play, it might ring and disrupt the actors and the audience.
4 days ago · 1. (transitive) to throw into turmoil or disorder. 2. (transitive) to interrupt the progress of (a movement, meeting, etc) 3. to break or split (something) apart. 4. business. to challenge established methods in (a market, technology, etc) with the intention of changing the way it operates. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of disrupt verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
disrupt something (business) to cause significant change in an industry or market by means of innovation (= new ideas or methods) Our radical new printing technology is disrupting traditional manufacturing.
to interrupt something and stop it continuing as it should: He disturbs other children and disrupts the class. disruption. noun [ C, U ] uk / dɪsˈrʌpʃ ə n / us. the disruption of services. disruptive. adjective. disruptive behaviour. (Definition of disrupt from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of disrupt
1. If someone or something disrupts an event, system, or process, they cause difficulties that prevent it from continuing or operating in a normal way. [...] 2. To disrupt a market or a technology is to change the way it works by introducing new methods that are completely different from those that have been used in the past. [...] More.
