Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to disrupt
Participle: disrupted
Gerund: disrupting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | disrupt |
| you | disrupt |
| he;she;it | disrupts |
| we | disrupt |
| you | disrupt |
| they | disrupt |
Perfect
| I | have disrupted |
| you | have disrupted |
| he;she;it | has disrupted |
| we | have disrupted |
| you | have disrupted |
| they | have disrupted |
Past
| I | disrupted |
| you | disrupted |
| he;she;it | disrupted |
| we | disrupted |
| you | disrupted |
| they | disrupted |
Pluperfect
| I | had disrupted |
| you | had disrupted |
| he;she;it | had disrupted |
| we | had disrupted |
| you | had disrupted |
| they | had disrupted |
Future
| I | will disrupt |
| you | will disrupt |
| he;she;it | will disrupt |
| we | will disrupt |
| you | will disrupt |
| they | will disrupt |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | disrupt |
| you | disrupt |
| he;she;it | disrupt |
| we | disrupt |
| you | disrupt |
| they | disrupt |
Perfect
| I | have disrupted |
| you | have disrupted |
| he;she;it | have disrupted |
| we | have disrupted |
| you | have disrupted |
| they | have disrupted |
Imperfect
| I | disrupted |
| you | disrupted |
| he;she;it | disrupted |
| we | disrupted |
| you | disrupted |
| they | disrupted |
Pluperfect
| I | had disrupted |
| you | had disrupted |
| he;she;it | had disrupted |
| we | had disrupted |
| you | had disrupted |
| they | had disrupted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would disrupt |
| you | would disrupt |
| he;she;it | would disrupt |
| we | would disrupt |
| you | would disrupt |
| they | would disrupt |
Perfect
| I | would have disrupted |
| you | would have disrupted |
| he;she;it | would have disrupted |
| we | would have disrupted |
| you | would have disrupted |
| they | would have disrupted |
Imperative
| you | disrupt |
| we | Let's disrupt |
| you | disrupt |
Verbs conjugated like 'disrupt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'disrupt'
discept,
disgust,
disroot,
disrout,
distrust,
irrupt,
abrupt,
corrupt,
decrust,
decrypt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- bugger up, dirty, disturb, fuck up, jack up, mar, mess up, pollute, put a crimp in, queer, ruin, screw up, sour, spoil, stain, turn upside down, upset, upset the applecart
- interrupt
- disturb, obstruct, intrude, upset, agitate, fracture, confuse
Antonyms
- interrupt
- continue, sustain, maintain, prolong
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).
Verbs referencing "disrupt"
Dutch
disrupteren.
Sample Sentences
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Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
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Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.
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The Glaswegians bore good-humouredly the mishaps which occasionally disrupted the services during the first month. [1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The Glasgow debacle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 66:]
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Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. [2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children’s brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:]
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In the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic region, where 2°C warming has already occurred since 1950, the loss of coastal sea ice and permafrost is disrupting traditional Inuit hunting routines. [2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 51:]
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The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines. [2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:]
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The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.