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disrupt

verb

dis·​rupt dis-ˈrəpt How to pronounce disrupt (audio)
disrupted; disrupting; disrupts

transitive verb

1
a
: to break apart : rupture
three periods of faulting disrupted the rocks University of Arizona Record
b
: to throw into disorder
demonstrators trying to disrupt the meeting
2
a
: to interrupt the normal course or unity of
… disrupted a bridge game by permanently hiding up the ace of spades … Scott Fitzgerald
b
business : to cause upheaval in (an industry, market, etc.)
The banking industry, on the other hand, is being disrupted by a breakdown of the model of paying money on deposits and taking interest on loans. Cromwell Schubarth
specifically : to successfully challenge (established businesses, products, or services) by using an innovation (such as a new technology or business model) to gain a foothold in a marginal or new segment of the market and then fundamentally changing the nature of the market
In contrast, the digital technologies that allowed personal computers to disrupt minicomputers improved much more quickly; Compaq was able to increase revenue more than tenfold and reach parity with the industry leader, DEC, in only 12 years. Clayton M. Christensen et al.
… this innovative service that might disrupt the industry comes at the low end of the product/service/technology, a place where these high-end consumers have neither interest nor experience. This low-end attack, which initially does not attract much attention, might grow to be a high quality service that supplants the incumbent. Eitan Muller
disrupter noun
or less commonly disruptor

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The barking dogs disrupted my sleep. The weather disrupted our travel plans. a chemical that disrupts cell function
Recent Examples on the Web But inflation is running at a multidecade high, the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates, and COVID-19 is continuing to disrupt supply chains and the health care field, in particular. oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2022 Extreme weather events, which have become more frequent, can disrupt power systems and cause outages that last for hours or drag on for days. Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2022 And the recent power crisis in China’s Sichuan province—caused by a large reduction in hydropower output due to extreme drought—may further disrupt supply. Jacky Wong, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 The news could disrupt Trump's effort to have a court appoint an independent special master to review the documents. Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Aug. 2022 Selected as a leading brand to disrupt, innovate and inspire a multi-billion-dollar category, Chloe’s continues to collaborate with Chobani and other category-changing brands from the Incubator. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Architectural focal points can disrupt the flow of a small space, enticing the eye to stop on that area, rather than taking in the whole room. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022 Kovach said that untrained challengers can disrupt elections, pointing to those in Detroit in 2020 who created a chaotic scene at the convention hall then known as the TCF Center where election workers counted ballots cast by the city's voters. Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2022 Intense geomagnetic storms can sometimes disrupt GPS communications or satellite operations. Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin disruptus, past participle of disrumpere, from dis- + rumpere to break — more at reave

First Known Use

1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of disrupt was in 1663

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