disrupt
/dɪsˈɹʌpt/ verb B2- To throw into confusion or disorder. · Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
- To interrupt or impede. · Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.
- To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market. · The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.
He/she/it disrupts · Past disrupted · Past participle disrupted · -ing form disrupting
Verb forms
- Base form
- disrupt
- He/she/it
- disrupts
- Past
- disrupted
- Past participle
- disrupted
- -ing form
- disrupting
From the library
Even if we do not wake up completely, noise disrupts our deep sleep cycles.
Furthermore, this constant mental gymnastics severely disrupts the process of memory consolidation, which is crucial for long-term retention.
During their mating season in the winter months, their loud, echoing vocalizations can easily disrupt the sleep of entire neighborhoods.
The Dust Bowl remains a profound historical lesson about the disastrous consequences of mismanaging natural resources and disrupting delicate ecological balances.
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