disrupter en · NOUN
Etymology
From disrupt + -er.
Meanings
-
Someone or something that disrupts.
[Kazuma] Sekiya comes from a bloodline of disrupters.
2025 May 3, Harry Dempsey, David Keohane, “Can you run a company as a perfect free market?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:This is [Jean-Luc] Godard the disrupter (played by Guillaume Marbeck), shooting guerilla-style in Paris without lights, permits and often without a script.
2025 May 24, Raphael Abraham, “In Godard we trust”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16:
- An energy weapon in the form of a pistol.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disruptor | alternative | lexicographic | |
| disrupters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
es disruptor (someone or something that disrupts) · sh disruptor (someone or something that disrupts) · ca disruptiu (someone or something that disrupts) · fr perturbateur (someone or something that disrupts)