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How to pronounce disrupt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms break up, cut off, interrupt
Type of break off, discontinue, break, stop
Has types cut off, heckle, inject, interject, intermit, interpose, jam, pause, punctuate, put aside, put away, put in, stop, stop over, take off, take time off, barge in, throw in, block, break, break in, burst in on, burst upon, butt in, chime in, chisel in, come in, cut, cut in
Derivation disruption
Type Words
Synonyms interrupt
Type of butt in, put in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in
Has types cut in, cut short
Derivation disruption
Type Words
Derivation disruption, disruptive


This event disrupted the orderly process.

Examples of disrupt

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He can't get them to leave because they ignore him as they disrupt his business.
From the timesunion.com
They disrupt the protein in cells, causing the membranes to absorb other toxins.
From the theepochtimes.com
Tunisian security has had no way to disrupt the movement, no leaders to cut off.
From the theatlantic.com
Time was, the best teams stood pat, refusing to disrupt winning roster formulas.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It all depends on how disturbing the thoughts are and if they disrupt your life.
From the dailyherald.com
Officials said protesters failed to disrupt the gas flow from Bolivia to Brazil.
From the voanews.com
He was out there to do one thing, only one thing, and that was disrupt the game.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
By arriving early, they disrupt the set-up and, most importantly, our son's nap.
From the washingtonpost.com
Work to remove land mines continues and roadside attacks regularly disrupt work.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • Interrupt: make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
  • Throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"
  • Interrupt: interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
  • (disrupted) marked by breaks or gaps; "many routes are unsafe or disrupted"
  • (disruption) break: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
  • (disruption) disturbance: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
  • Disrupt was an American anarchist grindcore crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. They only released one mainstream album (Unrest on Relapse), however the band acquired a cult following on the strength of several underground 7-inch EPs and compilation appearances.
  • The Disrupt is the debut album by Oh No, an American hip hop rapper and producer signed to Stones Throw Records. Oh No produced the majority of this album, however fellow Stones Throw producers Madlib and J Dilla had a few contributions. Some U.S. ...
  • (Disruption (of adoption)) Disruption is the term most commonly used for ending an adoption. While technically an adoption is disrupted only when it is abandoned by the adopting parent or parents before it is legally completed (an adoption that is reversed after that point is instead referred to ...