disrupt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a break in
    interrupt; cut off; break up.
    • We interrupt the program for the following messages
  2. verb throw into disorder
    • This event disrupted the orderly process
  3. verb interfere in someone else's activity
    interrupt.
    • Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone

WordNet

Dis*rupt" adjective
Etymology
L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.
Definitions
  1. Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
Dis*rupt" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disrupted; present participle & verbal noun Disrupting
Definitions
  1. To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.

Webster 1913