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disruption - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'disruption' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disruption [ n.]
- The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.

Meaning of 'disruption' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disruption [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
Example in sentence:
  • it was presented without commercial breaks;
  • there was a gap in his account
Meaning (2):
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
Example in sentence:
  • they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused