Dictionary entry details
• DISRUPT (verb)
Meaning:
Make a break in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cut off; disrupt; interrupt; break up
Context example:
We interrupt the program for the following messages
Hypernyms (to "disrupt" is one way to...):
break; break off; discontinue; stop (prevent completion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disrupt"):
stop; stop over (interrupt a trip)
block; jam (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals)
come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in (to insert between other elements)
heckle (challenge aggressively)
burst in on; burst upon (spring suddenly)
barge in; break in; butt in; chime in; chisel in; cut in; put in (break into a conversation)
break; intermit; pause (cease an action temporarily)
put aside; put away (turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily)
break (interrupt the flow of current in)
punctuate (interrupt periodically)
cut; cut off (cease, stop)
take off; take time off (take time off from work; stop working temporarily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Throw into disorder
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
This event disrupted the orderly process
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Interfere in someone else's activity
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
disrupt; interrupt
Context example:
Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
Hypernyms (to "disrupt" is one way to...):
barge in; break in; butt in; chime in; chisel in; cut in; put in (break into a conversation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disrupt"):
cut in (interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner)
cut short (cause to end earlier than intended)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
