Disrupting
/dɪsˈrʌptɪŋ/
Definitions
To cause disorder or problems, to interrupt the normal course or process.
/dɪsˈrʌptɪŋ/
To interrupt an event, activity, or process by causing a problem or disturbance.
The construction work is disrupting the traffic flow.
💡 Simply: Imagine you're having a really fun party, but someone comes in and starts playing loud music everyone hates. That's disrupting! It means messing up something that was going smoothly. Like, a sudden power outage disrupts your online class.
👶 For kids: To stop something from working the way it's supposed to.
More Examples
Her constant talking was disrupting the class.
New technologies are often disruptive to established industries.
How It's Used
"The new app is disrupting the traditional taxi industry."
"Economic changes are disrupting supply chains globally."
"Protesters were disrupting the meeting."
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & expressions
disruptive innovation
An innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network, displacing established market-leading firms, products, and alliances.
"The introduction of the smartphone was a disruptive innovation."
From Latin *disrumpere* ('to break apart'), from *dis-* ('apart') + *rumpere* ('to break').
The word 'disrupt' and its derivatives have been used since the late 18th century, initially to describe physical interruptions, and later, in the 20th and 21st centuries, expanded to describe market and technological impacts.
Memory tip
Imagine a road being blocked; it disrupts the flow of traffic.
Word Origin
"to break apart"