disrupt

Verb

Verb Forms: disrupted, disrupting, disrupts

To interrupt an event, process, or activity.
make a break in
throw into disorder
- "This event disrupted the orderly process"
interfere in someone else's activity
To throw into confusion or disorder.
To interrupt or impede.
To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.

Adj

Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Examples

A well-placed ’Z’ can DISRUPT an opponent’s carefully planned bingo in Words With Friends.
Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.
Work on the tunnel was disrupted by a strike.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).

Synonyms

break up, cut off, interrupt

Scrabble Score: 10

disrupt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
disrupt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disrupt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

disrupt: valid Words With Friends Word