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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-ruhpt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈrʌpt



Definition of disrupting

Origin :
  • 1650s, but rare before c.1820, from Latin disruptus, past participle of disrumpere (see disruption). Or perhaps a back-formation from disruption. Related: Disrupted; disrupting.
  • verb upset, disorganize
  • verb break, interrupt
Example sentences :
  • Coupeau was trying to force his way through the dancers and was disrupting the quadrille.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • It was as if a disrupting spirit had, somehow, crept into Randall.
  • Extract from : « For the Honor of Randall » by Lester Chadwick
  • The sacred egoisms which produced the War are now disrupting the Allies.
  • Extract from : « The Fruits of Victory » by Norman Angell
  • They had also succeeded in disrupting the friendship of Vatadono and Nobunaga.
  • Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
  • He called and told me that interference was disrupting the program.
  • Extract from : « Joy Ride » by Mark Meadows
  • What we don't see is any necessity of disrupting the party in the process.
  • Extract from : « The Red Conspiracy » by Joseph J. Mereto
  • THE end of the eighteenth century was a period of disrupting empires and disillusioned expansionists.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of the World » by H. G. Wells
  • The undermining action of rivers will greatly intensify this disintegrating and disrupting process.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of Earth Lore » by James Geikie
  • The apostasy progressed rapidly, in consequence of a cooperation of disrupting forces without and within the Church.
  • Extract from : « The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays » by James E. Talmage
  • But it is inaccurate and philosophically untrue, as we think, to characterize the intellect as 'disturbing,' or 'disrupting.'
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol IV, Issue VI, December 1863 » by Various

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