disruption

/dɪsɹˈʌpʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
   “it was presented without commercial breaks”
2. a disorderly outburst or tumult
   “they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused”
3. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
4. the act of causing disorder

Synonyms for disruption

• break
• interruption
• gap
• disturbance
• commotion
• flutter
• hurly burly
• to-do
• hoo-ha
• hoo-hah
• kerfuffle
• dislocation
• perturbation

Words that rhyme with disruption

• corruption
• eruption
• interruption
• anticorruption