disrupt

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɹʌpt/, /dɪzˈɹʌpt/, /dɪzˈɹʊpt/ Rhymes: -ʌpt === Verb === disrupt (third-person singular simple present disrupts, present participle disrupting, simple past and past participle disrupted) (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder. Synonym: dislocate (transitive) To interrupt or impede. (transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === disrupt (comparative more disrupt, superlative most disrupt) (obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted. === Further reading === “disrupt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “disrupt”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “disrupt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === prudist