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No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place.
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Meaning of "disrupt" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISRUPT

From Latin disruptus burst asunder, from dīrumpere to dash to pieces, from dis-1 + rumpere to burst.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DISRUPT

disrupt  [dɪsˈrʌpt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISRUPT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disrupt is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disrupt in English.

WHAT DOES DISRUPT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disrupt

Disrupt was an American grindcore/crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. They only released one mainstream album, however the band acquired a cult following on the strength of several underground 7-inch EPs and compilation appearances. Their lyrics are anarchist in nature. Members of the band have gone on to play in many other bands since the dissolution of Disrupt, including Consume, Grief, State of Fear, and Goff.

Definition of disrupt in the English dictionary

The first definition of disrupt in the dictionary is to throw into turmoil or disorder. Other definition of disrupt is to interrupt the progress of. Disrupt is also to break or split apart.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISRUPT

PRESENT

Present
I disrupt
you disrupt
he/she/it disrupts
we disrupt
you disrupt
they disrupt
Present continuous
I am disrupting
you are disrupting
he/she/it is disrupting
we are disrupting
you are disrupting
they are disrupting
Present perfect
I have disrupted
you have disrupted
he/she/it has disrupted
we have disrupted
you have disrupted
they have disrupted
Present perfect continuous
I have been disrupting
you have been disrupting
he/she/it has been disrupting
we have been disrupting
you have been disrupting
they have been disrupting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disrupted
you disrupted
he/she/it disrupted
we disrupted
you disrupted
they disrupted
Past continuous
I was disrupting
you were disrupting
he/she/it was disrupting
we were disrupting
you were disrupting
they were disrupting
Past perfect
I had disrupted
you had disrupted
he/she/it had disrupted
we had disrupted
you had disrupted
they had disrupted
Past perfect continuous
I had been disrupting
you had been disrupting
he/she/it had been disrupting
we had been disrupting
you had been disrupting
they had been disrupting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will disrupt
you will disrupt
he/she/it will disrupt
we will disrupt
you will disrupt
they will disrupt
Future continuous
I will be disrupting
you will be disrupting
he/she/it will be disrupting
we will be disrupting
you will be disrupting
they will be disrupting
Future perfect
I will have disrupted
you will have disrupted
he/she/it will have disrupted
we will have disrupted
you will have disrupted
they will have disrupted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disrupting
you will have been disrupting
he/she/it will have been disrupting
we will have been disrupting
you will have been disrupting
they will have been disrupting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would disrupt
you would disrupt
he/she/it would disrupt
we would disrupt
you would disrupt
they would disrupt
Conditional continuous
I would be disrupting
you would be disrupting
he/she/it would be disrupting
we would be disrupting
you would be disrupting
they would be disrupting
Conditional perfect
I would have disrupt
you would have disrupt
he/she/it would have disrupt
we would have disrupt
you would have disrupt
they would have disrupt
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disrupting
you would have been disrupting
he/she/it would have been disrupting
we would have been disrupting
you would have been disrupting
they would have been disrupting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you disrupt
we let´s disrupt
you disrupt
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to disrupt
Past participle
disrupted
Present Participle
disrupting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISRUPT


abrupt
əˈbrʌpt
bankrupt
ˈbæŋkrʌpt
corrupt
kəˈrʌpt
cupped
kʌpt
erupt
ɪˈrʌpt
incorrupt
ˌɪnkəˈrʌpt
interrupt
ˌɪntəˈrʌpt
irrupt
ɪˈrʌpt
prerupt
priːˈrʌpt
supped
sʌpt
uncorrupt
ˌʌnkəˈrʌpt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISRUPT

disreputation
disrepute
disrespect
disrespectability
disrespectable
disrespectful
disrespectfully
disrespectfulness
disrobe
disrobement
disrober
disroot
disrupter
disruption
disruptive
disruptive action
disruptive discharge
disruptively
disruptiveness
disruptor

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISRUPT

accept
adopt
apt
attempt
concept
dept
Egypt
except
JavaScript
kept
manuscript
notour bankrupt
opt
prompt
pt
receipt
script
sept
Supt
transcript

Synonyms and antonyms of disrupt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISRUPT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disrupt» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disrupt

Translation of «disrupt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISRUPT

Find out the translation of disrupt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disrupt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disrupt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扰乱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perturbar
570 millions of speakers

English

disrupt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाधित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُعَطِّلُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сорвать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interromper
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চূর্ণবিচূর্ণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déranger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengganggu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stören
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

混乱させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중단시키다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngganggu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm gián đoạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடையூறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यत्यय आणणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interrompere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozerwać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підривати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a întrerupe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διακόπτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontwrig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avbryta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avbryte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disrupt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISRUPT»

The term «disrupt» is very widely used and occupies the 22.364 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISRUPT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disrupt

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISRUPT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disrupt.
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Yves Behar
Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
2
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing 'M*A*S*H'; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.
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Cofer Black
No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place.
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Clayton M. Christensen
Holiday Inn comes in at the bottom of the market, but they can't go upmarket except if they emulate the Four Seasons. So they can go up, but they have to emulate the people they're trying to compete against. They can't disrupt them, because there isn't anything about their model that is extendable upmarket.
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Chris Cuomo
I believe that 'advocacy journalism' is not an oxymoron. If that means that I'm going to disrupt the cable, partisan fracas of obsession over what this means from left and right, then so be it. I will be disruptive of it.
6
Alice Dreger
The safety argument against steroids may be a good one, but let's be honest. It isn't the one that motivates most officials and fans to frown on steroids. Steroid use does not just seem risky or unnatural, it seems to disrupt the level playing field.
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Ben Edwards
An office occupation is another example as not only douse it disrupt the activities of the organization it also can raise the media profile of the campaign.
8
Barry Eichengreen
As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.
9
Hugh Evans
History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband - is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think.
10
Vince Flynn
A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISRUPT»

Discover the use of disrupt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disrupt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in ...
Disrupt offers readers a systematic way to redefine the future of a company, catch entire industries by surprise, and leave competitors scrambling to catch up.
Luke Williams, 2010
2
Do Disrupt
This interactive workbook is about disruption, about doing things differently, about having ideas that will change the world.
Mark Shayler, 2013
3
Disrupt! Think Epic. Be Epic: 25 Successful Habits for an ...
Bill Jensen urges us to embrace the power of originality. Read this book, then go disrupt something!" - William C. Taylor, Co-Founder, Fast Company; Author, Practically Radical "This is really, really cool.
Bill Jensen, William Jensen, 2013
4
The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that ...
This updated second edition includes new statistics, the latest news on the Chinese economy, and additional case studies that illustrate the ways in which China has developed—into a brand-new potential market.
Shaun Rein, 2012
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Disrupt Together: How Teams Consistently Innovate
This guide will also be an indispensable resource for every business practitioner seeking to build innovative new organizations or reinvigorate innovation in existing firms.
Stephen Spinelli Jr., Heather McGowan, 2013
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Deciding who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct, ...
McCool pulls reveals how senior management recruiters influence compensation, workplace diversity, organizational performance, culture, profits and the definition of leadership
Joseph Daniel McCool, 2008
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Mechanistic Toxicology: The Molecular Basis of How Chemicals ...
Extensively illustrated, this book forms a conceptual bridge between multiple events at the molecular level and the determinants of toxicity at the physiological and cellular level.
Urs A. Boelsterli, 2007
8
Arsenic Modulates Key Signaling Pathways to Disrupt ...
Chronic exposure to arsenic in contaminated drinking water may result in skin disorders, including skin cancer.
Tatiana V. Reznikova, 2007
9
Educating to Confuse and Disrupt: The Defiling of History ...
The Book Exposes The Fraud Thrust Upon The Nation For The Last 55 Years In The Name Of Educational Reforms But In Reality To Secure Macaulay`S Aim Of Turning Indians Into English In Taste, Moral And Intellect.
Makkhan Lal, Rajendra Dixit, 2005
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Soluble Adenylyl Cyclases Disassemble Microtubules and ...
In the present study, intratracheal instillation of genetically engineered strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into rat lungs has revealed that ExoY markedly increases lung endothelial permeability, causes extensive peri-vascular cuffing with ...
Nutan Prasain, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISRUPT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disrupt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pandora's Tim Westergren Is Coming To Disrupt SF 2015
We're grateful that Westergren will be dropping some sick beats at Disrupt SF 2015. Together with Will Glaser and Jon Kraft, Westergren ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
2
United's 'Glitch' Will Disrupt More Than A Half Million Travelers …
For the second time in five weeks mighty United Airlines, the world's second-largest carrier, has been brought to its knees by a “technical glitch” ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
Work to disrupt Facebook romance scammers
THE consumer watchdog wants Facebook and other networking sites to help break up fake romances as scammers increasingly use social ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
4
Water Work to Disrupt Service in Part of Scranton
SCRANTON — Repairs to a broken water valve may leave some taps dry in a section of Scranton on Thursday. According to Pennsylvania ... «wnep.com, Jul 15»
5
Chicago: Thunderstorms to Disrupt Weekend Activities
Dry and mostly sunny weather will close out the week in Chicago, but the chance for storms returns for the weekend. "Humid air will make a ... «AccuWeather.com, Jul 15»
6
Police successfully disrupt illegal rave in Torbay
Organisers who arrived at Churston Cove to set up were asked to leave and they fully co-operated with police. The group had all left the site, ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
7
Environmental protesters disrupt oil shipments
In response to the protest, Vermont Gas said natural gas is a more affordable way of heating properties than many homeowners in Addison ... «WPTZ The Champlain Valley, Jul 15»
8
Tech glitches disrupt flights, NYSE
Passengers Brooke Bennett, left, and her mother Elaine Bennett wait in a long line Wednesday at the United ticket counter in Austin, Texas, due ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
9
David Cameron's office rounds on striking rail workers set to disrupt
Prime Minister David Cameron's office has called plans for a rail strike that would disrupt cricket fans coming to Cardiff for the Ashes ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
10
Protesters Disrupt Traffic Downtown
Protesters are hoping to disrupt a major climate change conference getting underway in Toronto Wednesday. The two-day Climate Summit of ... «640 Toronto News, Jul 15»

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