# disruption

Pronunciation: say "dis-RUP-shuhn" /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/

## Noun

1. An interruption to the normal flow or sequence of something, so that it stops or proceeds abnormally.
   - Simple: A break in the normal flow of an activity or process, so it stops or does not go as planned.
   - _The merger caused months of disruption across the company's supply chain._
   - _Air traffic controllers warned of widespread disruption during the strike._
2. An ongoing act of disorder that keeps something from functioning in its usual orderly way.
   - Simple: Behavior that keeps causing disorder and stops things from working in a calm, orderly way.
   - _The committee adjourned after repeated disruption from the public gallery._
   - _Years of political disruption left the region without stable government._
3. A breaking or bursting apart of something, creating a breach in what was once continuous.
   - Simple: The breaking or bursting apart of something, leaving a gap or break in it.
   - _The sudden disruption of the cell membrane released its contents._
   - _Geologists mapped the disruption along the ancient fault line._

## Origin

From Latin disruptionem, from the verb disrumpere. By surface analysis, it can be read as disrupt plus the suffix -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/disruption (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).