1. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
   - break, interruption, gap 
2. A disorderly outburst or tumult
   - disturbance, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle 
3. An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
   - dislocation 
4. The act of causing disorder
   - perturbation

Derived forms: disruptions

See also: disrupt

Type of: break, delay, disorder, disturbance, holdup, interruption

Encyclopedia: Disruption

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