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- pronunciation:
- dihs
ruhpt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word History, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
disrupts, disrupting, disrupted |
| definition 1: |
to disturb or cause confusion in.
A wasp disrupted class. |
| definition 2: |
to interrupt or break off.
The storm disrupted our telephone service.
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| related words: |
break, distract, heckle, sabotage, tear |
adverb + (v.)disrupt
briefly, completely, constantly, severely, temporarily, thereby, totally, violently
(v.)disrupt
+ adverb
otherwise
(v.)disrupt
+ noun
ability,
activity,
adoption,
agriculture,
arrangement,
attack,
balance,
cell,
ceremony,
chain,
chemical,
chemistry,
class,
classroom,
command,
commerce,
communication,
concentration,
cycle,
delivery,
disaster,
ecology,
economy,
ecosystem,
election,
equilibrium,
flow,
formation,
function,
functioning,
habitat,
harmony,
hormone,
learning,
life,
meeting,
metabolism,
migration,
narrative,
network,
oil,
operation,
order,
pattern,
peace,
plot,
process,
production,
rally,
rebel,
rhythm,
route,
routine,
satellite,
schedule,
sequence,
shipment,
sleep,
soil,
supply,
terror,
timing,
trade,
traffic,
transmission,
travel,
wedding,
wildlife
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| derivation: |
disrupter (disruptor) (n.) |
Disrupt comes from disruptus, a Latin word that means "break apart or split." In Latin, there is a root (or word part), rupt, which means "break." The English words erupt, which means "to break out or burst," and rupture, which means "to break open," also contain this root.
The word disrupt
contains the following parts:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs (dishearten) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disagree, disagreeable, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapprove, disbelief, discard, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disgrace, disgust, dishonest, disintegrate, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, disobey, disorder, disown, dispense, displace, display, displease, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissect, dissent, dissolve, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
rupt
Latin
root
that means to break, burst
Example words:
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