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Adjective: disrupted  ,dis'rúp-tid
  1. Marked by breaks or gaps
    "many routes are unsafe or disrupted"
Verb: disrupt  dis'rúpt
  1. Make a break in
    "We disrupt the program for the following messages";
    - interrupt, break up, cut off
  2. Throw into disorder
    "This event disrupted the orderly process"
  3. Interfere in someone else's activity
    "Please don't disrupt me while I'm on the phone";
    - interrupt

See also: discontinuous, noncontinuous

Type of: barge in, break, break in, break off, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, discontinue, put in, stop

Encyclopedia: Disrupt