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Definitions for: Disruption
[n] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
[n] the act of causing disorder
[n] an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
[n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*rup"tion, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.]
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent
asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration;
rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake;
disruption of a state.
Synonyms: break, commotion, dislocation, disturbance, flutter, gap, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, interruption, kerfuffle, perturbation, stir, to-do, turmoil
See Also: abruption, barracking, break, breakdown, breaking off, delay, dislocation, disorder, disturbance, garboil, heckling, holdup, incident, interjection, interpellation, interpolation, interposition, interruption, storm, storm center, storm centre, surprisal, surprise, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar
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