English dictionary

disruption

/d/I/s'r/@/p/S//@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

noun.act

Synonyms break gap interruption

Source: WordNet 3.0
a disorderly outburst or tumult

noun.state

Synonyms commotion disturbance flutter hoo-ha hoo-hah hurly burly kerfuffle to-do

Source: WordNet 3.0
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

noun.event

Synonyms dislocation

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of causing disorder

noun.act

Synonyms perturbation

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the <i>disruption</i> of rocks in an earthquake; <i>disruption</i> of a state.

noun

Source: webster1913