disruption

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.

   The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.

2. 2
   noun

   A continuing act of disorder.

   There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.

3. 3
   noun

   an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

4. 4
   noun

   the act of causing disorder

5. 5
   noun

   an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

6. 6
   noun

   a disorderly outburst or tumult

7. 7
   noun

   A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.

Etymology

From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere. By surface analysis, disrupt + -ion.