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Disruption - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Disruption : (noun)
1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was
presented without commercial breaks" [syn: break, interruption,
gap]
2: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance,
commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha,
hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
3: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
[syn: dislocation]
4: the act of causing disorder [syn: perturbation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Disruption : \Dis*rup"tion\, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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