Definition of disruption

noun (n)

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity (noun.act)

  Synonym: break, gap, interruption
  

  source: wordnet30
• a disorderly outburst or tumult (noun.state)

  Synonym: commotion, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do
  

  source: wordnet30
• an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity (noun.event)

  Synonym: dislocation
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of causing disorder (noun.act)

  Synonym: perturbation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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