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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disruption \Dis*rup"tion\, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disruption n 1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks" [syn: {break}, {interruption}, {gap}] 2: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance}, {commotion}, {turmoil}, {stir}, {hurly burly}, {to-do}] 3: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity [syn: {dislocation}] 4: the act of causing disorder [syn: {perturbation}]
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