"disruption" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/ [UK], /dɪzˈɹʌpʃən/ [UK], /dɪzˈɹʊpʃən/ [UK], /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disruption.wav Forms: disruptions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌpʃən Etymology: From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere. By surface analysis, disrupt + -ion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*Hrewp-}}, {{uder|en|la|disruptionem}} Latin disruptionem, {{surf|en|disrupt|-ion}} By surface analysis, disrupt + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)
  1. An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (interruption): прекъсване (prekǎsvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), разрив (razriv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), interrupció [feminine] (Catalan), onderbreking [feminine] (Dutch), ontregeling [feminine] (Dutch), sekasorto (Finnish), hajaannus (Finnish), interruption [feminine] (French), perturbation [feminine] (French), rupture (French), Unterbrechung [feminine] (German), Störung [feminine] (German), Störfaktor [masculine] (German), Disruption [feminine] (German), megszakítás (Hungarian), fennakadás (Hungarian), zavar (Hungarian), üzemzavar (Hungarian), disruzione [feminine] (Italian), rottura (Italian), violazione (Italian), interruzione (Italian), brudd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), فارسی (alt: انقطاع - گسیختگی) (Persian), zakłócenie (Polish), disrupção [feminine] (Portuguese), ruptura [feminine] (Portuguese), наруше́ние (narušénije) [neuter] (Russian), срыв (sryv) [masculine] (Russian), разры́в (razrýv) [masculine] (Russian), disrupcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), narušenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), quebranto [masculine] (Spanish), incidente [masculine] (Spanish), ruptura [feminine] (Spanish), interrupción [feminine] (Spanish), inkıta [obsolete, possibly] (Turkish), kesilme (Turkish), kesinti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disruption-en-noun-pjK9se10 Disambiguation of 'interruption': 89 3 8
  2. A continuing act of disorder. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (disorder): безредие (bezredie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), desordre [masculine] (Catalan), wanorde (Dutch), Durcheinander [neuter] (German), Unordnung [feminine] (German), zűrzavar (Hungarian), felfordulás (Hungarian), scompiglio [masculine] (Italian), sconvolgimento [masculine] (Italian), disservizio (Italian), uorden [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), расстро́йство (rasstrójstvo) [neuter] (Russian), desorden [masculine] (Spanish), desorganización [feminine] (Spanish), desarreglo (Spanish), düzensizlik (Turkish), karmaşa (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disruption-en-noun-BhX-j8bh Disambiguation of 'disorder': 0 100 0
  3. A breaking or bursting apart; a breach. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-disruption-en-noun-AttHvrZL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 8 21 71 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 7 15 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 23 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 19 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 19 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 13 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 13 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 19 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 13 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 17 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 14 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 12 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 14 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 14 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 13 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 16 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 11 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 14 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 9 13 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 14 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 12 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chronodisruption, disruptionism, disruptionist, infodisruption, photodisruption, predisruption, weapon of mass disruption Related terms: disrupt, disruptive

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Alternative forms

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      "sense": "interruption",
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      "sense": "interruption",
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      "sense": "interruption",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "interruption",
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      "sense": "interruption",
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      "sense": "interruption",
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      "sense": "interruption",
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      "word": "quebranto"
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      "sense": "disorder",
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      "sense": "disorder",
      "word": "wanorde"
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      "sense": "disorder",
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      "word": "Durcheinander"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "disorder",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "disorder",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "disorder",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "word": "düzensizlik"
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      "sense": "disorder",
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