disrupt.
To throw into confusion or disorder.
Meaning & usage
To throw into confusion or disorder.
Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
To interrupt or impede.
Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.
To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).
Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).
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