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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: disruptus, from rumpere 'to break'

disrupt

 verb
     
dis‧rupt [transitive]
to prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems:
Traffic was disrupted by a hoax bomb.
Climate change could disrupt the agricultural economy.
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