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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
- Example: "it was presented without commercial breaks"
- Example: "there was a gap in his account"
[syn: break, interruption, disruption, gap]

2. a disorderly outburst or tumult;
- Example: "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
[syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]

3. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity;
[syn: dislocation, disruption]

4. the act of causing disorder;
[syn: disruption, perturbation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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