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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination;
- Example: "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"
- Example: "riotous times"
- Example: "these troubled areas"
- Example: "the tumultuous years of his administration"
- Example: "a turbulent and unruly childhood"
[syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disruptive \Dis*rupt"ive\, a.
   Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by
   disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive
   discharge of an electrical battery. --Nichol.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disruptive
    adj 1: characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination;
           "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive";
           "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous
           years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly
           childhood" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled,
           tumultuous, turbulent]