Need another word that means the same as “disrupt”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “disrupt” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Disrupt” are: break up, cut off, interrupt, throw into confusion, throw into disorder, throw into disarray, cause confusion in, cause turmoil in, play havoc with, derange, turn upside-down, make a mess of, distort, damage, buckle, warp
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disrupt” as a verb can have the following definitions:
break up | Happen or take place. |
buckle | Fasten with a buckle or buckles. The bridge started shaking and then it began to buckle. |
cause confusion in | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. |
cause turmoil in | Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally. |
cut off | Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses. |
damage | Inflict damage upon. The snow damaged the roof. |
derange | Derange mentally throw out of mental balance make insane. I am sorry to have deranged you for so small a matter. |
distort | Affect as in thought or feeling. Many factors can distort the results. |
interrupt | Terminate. Don t interrupt me when I m reading. |
make a mess of | Amount to. |
play havoc with | Perform on a certain location. |
throw into confusion | Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface. |
throw into disarray | Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture. |
throw into disorder | Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. |
turn upside-down | Undergo a change or development. |
warp | In weaving arrange yarn so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth. Crew and passengers helped warp the vessels through the shallow section. |
barrier | Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective. Intolerance is a barrier to understanding. |
begrudge | Wish ill or allow unwillingly. She begrudged Martin his affluence. |
busybody | A person who meddles in the affairs of others. Others considered him an interfering busybody. |
cease | Cease is a noun only in the phrase without cease end. The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed. |
deterrent | Tending to deter. Britain s nuclear deterrent. |
difficulty | An effort that is inconvenient. There is a practical difficulty. |
disruptive | (of a company or form of technology) causing radical change in an existing industry or market through being innovative. Effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive. |
disturb | Change the arrangement or position of. Don t disturb the patient s wounds by moving him too rapidly. |
disturbance | Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. There was a disturbance of neural function. |
heckle | Comb with a heckle. Hemp was heckled and spun into rope yarn. |
hinderance | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. |
hindrance | The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding. The visitor can wander around without hindrance. |
impediment | Any structure that makes progress difficult. A serious impediment to scientific progress. |
inconvenience | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. Noise and fumes from traffic would inconvenience residents. |
incubus | A situation resembling a terrifying dream. Debt is a big incubus in developing countries. |
insuperable | Incapable of being surmounted or excelled. Insuperable heroes. |
interfere | Of light or other electromagnetic waveforms interact to produce interference. The rotors are widely separated and do not interfere with one another. |
interference | Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. An unwarranted interference with personal liberty. |
interposition | The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others. The interposition of members between tiers of management. |
interrupt | Make a break in. She interrupted her pregnancy. |
intervene | Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events. The war intervened between the birth of her two children. |
intervention | The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others. The purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits. |
meddlesome | Fond of meddling; interfering. Heaven rid him of meddlesome politicians. |
militate | (of a fact or circumstance) be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing. These fundamental differences will militate against the two communities coming together. |
nuisance | An act which is harmful or offensive to the public or a member of it and for which there is a legal remedy. It s a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house. |
obstacle | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted. Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one s advancement. |
obstruction | The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. The filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan. |
obstructionist | Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take. |
obtrude | Become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way. I felt unable to obtrude my private sorrow upon anyone. |
trouble | Take the trouble to do something concern oneself. My legs started to trouble me. |
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