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disrupted
dis·rupt D0285500 (dĭs-rŭpt′)tr.v. dis·rupt·ed, dis·rupt·ing, dis·rupts 1. To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.2. To interrupt or impede the progress of: Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost. The noise disrupted my nap.3. To break apart or alter so as to prevent normal or expected functioning: radiation that disrupts DNA and kills bacteria.
[Latin disrumpere, disrupt-, to break apart : dis-, dis- + rumpere, to break apart; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
dis·rupt′er, dis·rup′tor n.dis·rup′tion n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | disrupted - marked by breaks or gaps; "many routes are unsafe or disrupted"noncontinuous, discontinuous - not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling" |
disrupted
Words related to disruptedadj marked by breaks or gapsRelated Words- noncontinuous
- discontinuous
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