tr.v., -rupt·ed, -rupt·ing, -rupts.

1. To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.
2. To interrupt or impede the progress, movement, or procedure of: Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost.
3. To break or burst; rupture.

[Latin disrumpere, disrupt-, to break apart : dis-, dis- + rumpere, to break apart.]

disrupter dis·rupt'er or dis·rup'tor n.
disruption dis·rup'tion n.

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verb

1. To put out of proper order: derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, muddle, tumble, unsettle, upset. See order/disorder.
2. To break up the order or progress of: disturb, upset. See order/disorder.

v

Definition: upset, disorganize
Antonyms: arrange, organize, ready

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IN BRIEF: To break up the orderly course of something.

The fleeing monkey managed to not only disrupt the film showing upstairs, but also the poetry reading downstairs.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afbryde, bringe i uorden, splitte ad, sprænge

Nederlands (Dutch)
verstoren, ontwrichten, uiteenrukken

Français (French)
v. tr. - perturber, bouleverser, interrompre, déranger, mettre/semer la confusion dans

Deutsch (German)
v. - stören, zersetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαρρηγνύω, διασπώ, αναστατώνω, διακόπτω, εξαρθρώνω, διαλύω, αποδιοργανώνω

Italiano (Italian)
disturbare, turbare, disorganizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - romper(-se)

Русский (Russian)
нарушать, разрушать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desorganizar, interrumpir, desbaratar, trastornar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - splittra, slita upp

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使分裂, 使瓦解, 使混乱, 使中断

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使分裂, 使瓦解, 使混亂, 使中斷

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 파괴시키다, 혼란 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 分裂させる, 混乱させる
adj. - 分裂した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعطل, يقاطع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שיסע, ניפץ, שיבש, פילג‬

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