disrupt

«disrupt» in Mova's school dictionary: To stop something from going on normally by causing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (disrupt, disrupts, disrupted, disrupting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To stop something from going on normally by causing trouble, noise or problems. tree →

2) To change the way something works in a big, new way, such as a new invention disrupting an industry. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, behaviour that disrupts the lesson stops others learning. In everyday life and news, snow, strikes and roadworks disrupt travel; storms disrupt power. Phrases: «disrupt the class», «disrupt travel», «disrupt sleep», «be disrupted by».

examples

• Please don't disrupt the lesson by talking. tree →
• Heavy snow disrupted the trains. tree →
• The noisy neighbours disrupted our sleep. tree →
• The fire alarm disrupted the assembly. tree →
• Floods disrupted the delivery of food. tree →
• Phones can disrupt your homework time. tree →
• (formal) Services may be disrupted due to engineering works. tree →

note

Noun: «disruption»; adjective: «disruptive» (a disruptive pupil). Spelled with -rupt (meaning break, as in «erupt», «interrupt»).

In the corpora

• When a fight disrupts a class, the whole group may lose time or treats.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disrupt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.