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Vinony

disrupt

verb

  1. to interrupt
  2. to adopt an innovative business model
  3. to cause disorder, radically alter or destroy the fundamental nature or structure of something
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɹʌpt/ / /dɪzˈɹʌpt/ / /dɪzˈɹʊpt/

adj

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

  1. Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

verb

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

  1. To throw into confusion or disorder.

    “Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.”

  2. To interrupt or impede.

    “Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.”

    “The Glaswegians bore good-humouredly the mishaps which occasionally disrupted the services during the first month.”

  3. 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.”