disrupt: Meaning and Definition of
dis•rupt
Pronunciation: (dis-rupt'), [key] — v.t.
- to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of; interrupt: Telephone service was disrupted for hours.
- to break apart: to disrupt a connection.
—adj. - broken apart; disrupted.
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