† diruptionn.
Obsolete. rare.
Breaking or rending asunder; disruption.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun]
breachOE
breakingc975
brusure1382
breaka1400
crasure1413
chininga1420
bursting1487
bruisinga1500
fraction?a1560
chinking1565
springingc1595
infraction1623
disruption1646
abruption1654
diruption1656
chapping1669
chopping1669
fracturea1676
rumple1746
breakage1775
disrupture1785
fracturing1830
disruptment1834
snapping1891
fractionation1926
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 2963 Josephs cote in no parte felt payne of dyrupcionne.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Diruption, a bursting, or breaking asunder.
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 233 As if that Division had been a diruption caused by that Earthquake.
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