'Disrupt' definitions:
Definition of 'disrupt'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off]
verb
Throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"
verb
Interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" [syn: interrupt, disrupt]
Definition of 'Disrupt'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'disrupt'
From: GCIDE
- 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. To interfere with or halt, especially by causing a lack of order; as, the shouting of the demonstrators disrupted the meeting. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'disrupt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitate,
- atomize,
- baffle,
- balk,
- blast,
- brave,
- breach,
- break in,
- break into,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- confound,
- confront,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crash,
- cross,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cut to pieces,
- dash,
- defeat,
- defy,
- demolish,
- destroy,
- diffuse,
- disarray,
- discomfit,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disorder,
- disorganize,
- disperse,
- disturb,
- elude,
- fission,
- flummox,
- foil,
- fragment,
- frustrate,
- grind,
- hole,
- interfere with,
- interrupt,
- knock the chocks,
- make mincemeat of,
- mess up,
- mince,
- muddle,
- nonplus,
- open,
- perplex,
- pulverize,
- ruin,
- rummage,
- rupture,
- sabotage,
- scatter,
- scotch,
- shake up,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- smash,
- smash up,
- spike,
- splinter,
- spoil,
- squash,
- squish,
- stonewall,
- stump,
- thwart,
- unsettle,
- upset