disrupt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To interrupt an activity or process so that it cannot continue normally.

   The strike disrupted train services across the country.

2. 2
   verb

   To throw something into confusion or disorder.

   Hecklers disrupted the speech with loud shouting.

3. 3
   verb

   To change a market or industry dramatically by introducing a new product or way of doing things.

   Streaming services disrupted the way people watch television.

Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).

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