disrupt

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
2. (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
3. (transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.

Adj

Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Synonyms

interrupt

upset

shatter

disturb

disorganize

confuse

damage

wreck

break up

destroy

rupture

ruin

disarrange

spoil

cause disorder

cut off

disorder

break

impair

weaken

mess up

destruct

vandalize

agitate

put in disorder

stir up

blight

tangle

mix up

confused

😕

mar

mess

undermine

demolish

helter-skelter

crush

disrupted

dislocate

disrupting

breach

confound

confect

bollocks

amputate

concoct

compound

bollix

dishevel

commix

disfigure

Translations

interrumpir

interrompre

perturber

interromper

interrompere

interrompre

desorganizar

romper

déranger

perturbar

stören

αναστατώνω

unterbrechen

disturbare

désorganiser

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈɹʌpt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).