disruption Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
   break; interruption; gap.
   
   • it was presented without commercial breaks
   • there was a gap in his account
2. noun a disorderly outburst or tumult
   to-do; disturbance; hurly burly; kerfuffle; commotion; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; flutter.
   
   • they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
3. noun an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
   dislocation.
   
4. noun the act of causing disorder
   perturbation.
   

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