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disruption en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈɹɐpʃən/ (Australia)
• [dɪzˈɹʊpʃən] (Northern-England)
• /dɪsˈɹʊpʃən/ (Northern-England)
• [dɪzˈɹɐpʃən] (Australia)
• [dəzˈɹɐpʃən] (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [dɪzˈɹʌpʃən] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /dəsˈɹɐpʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere. By surface analysis, disrupt + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • Much more disruption, we are told, lies ahead. 2024 June 16, Jill Lepore, “The Disruption Machine”, in The New Yorker:
   • In the May 12 memo, Meta said it had previously allowed open discussion of abortion at work but later recognized that it had led to “significant disruptions in the workplace given unique legal complexities and the number of people affected by the issue.” 2022 June 24, Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac, “Meta clamps down on internal discussion of Roe v. Wade’s overturning.”, in The New York Times:
2. (countable, uncountable) A continuing act of disorder.
   • There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.
3. (countable, uncountable) A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.

Forms

Deriveds

weapon of mass disruption · chronodisruption · infodisruption · disruptionist · disruptionism · photodisruption · predisruption

Relateds

disruptive · disrupt

Translations (63)

de Disruption (interruption) · nl onderbreking (interruption) · sh disrupcija (interruption) · fr interruption (interruption) · hi व्यूहभंग (disorder) · pl zakłócenie (interruption) · hi विघटन (interruption) · es quebranto (interruption) · de Unordnung (disorder) · de Störung (interruption) · hu megszakítás (interruption) · hu fennakadás (interruption) · fa انقطاع (interruption) · de Durcheinander (disorder) · it interruzione (interruption) · fr disruption (interruption) · fi hajaannus (interruption) · it disruzione (interruption) · tr inkıta (interruption) · bg прекъсване (interruption) · hu üzemzavar (interruption) · it disservizio (disorder) · bg разрив (interruption) · tr kesinti (interruption) · ca disrupció (interruption) · ru разры́в (interruption) · pt disrupção (interruption) · de Störfaktor (interruption) · it violazione (interruption) · pt ruptura (interruption) · es incidente (interruption) · tr karmaşa (disorder) · nl ontregeling (interruption) · es ruptura (interruption) · fr perturbation (interruption) · hi रुकावट (interruption) · ru срыв (interruption) · hu zűrzavar (disorder) · es disrupción (interruption) · de Unterbrechung (interruption) · nb uorden (disorder) · it sconvolgimento (disorder) · sh narušenje (interruption) · tr kesilme (interruption) · ca desordre (disorder) · fr rupture (interruption) · es interrupción (interruption) · hu zavar (interruption) · tr düzensizlik (disorder) · ru наруше́ние (interruption) · it scompiglio (disorder) · fi sekasorto (interruption) · ca interrupció (interruption) · it rottura (interruption) · bg безредие (disorder) · es desarreglo (disorder) · es desorganización (disorder) · es desorden (disorder) · nl wanorde (disorder) · fa گسیختگی (interruption) · nb brudd (interruption) · ru расстро́йство (disorder) · hu felfordulás (disorder)