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Webster 1913 Edition


Disruption

Dis-rup′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
disruptio
,
diruptio
.]
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture;
as, the
disruption
of rocks in an earthquake;
disruption
of a state.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disruption

DISRUPTION

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
The act of rending asunder; the act of bursting and separating.
2.
Breach; rent; dilaceration; as the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; the disruption of a stratum of earth; disruption of the flesh.

Definition 2024


disruption

disruption

English

Noun

disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)

  1. An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
    • The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.
  2. A continuing act of disorder
    • There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.

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French

Noun

disruption f (plural disruptions)

  1. break; fracture