disrupt

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• UK: /dɪsˈɹʌpt/
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• UK: /dɪzˈɹʊpt/
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Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpo, commonly dirumpo (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpo (“to break”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разстройвам (razstrojvam) — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Chinese Mandarin: 破壞 /破坏 (pòhuài) — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Dutch: verstoren — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Finnish: häiritä — to throw into confusion or disorder
• French: perturber — to throw into confusion or disorder
• French: déranger — to throw into confusion or disorder
• German: durcheinander bringen — to throw into confusion or disorder
• German: stören — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Haitian Creole: deranje — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Hungarian: bomlaszt — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Hungarian: zülleszt — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Hungarian: zavart kelt — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Italian: disturbare — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Latvian: traucēt — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Māori: whakapōnānā — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Māori: whakatōhenehene — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Romanian: perturba — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Spanish: trastornar — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Spanish: trastrocar — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Spanish: disrumpir — to throw into confusion or disorder
• Armenian: խանգարել (xangarel) — to interrupt or impede something
• Bulgarian: прекъсвам (prekǎsvam) — to interrupt or impede something
• Bulgarian: разкъсвам (razkǎsvam) — to interrupt or impede something
• Dutch: onderbreken — to interrupt or impede something
• Dutch: hinderen — to interrupt or impede something
• Finnish: häiritä — to interrupt or impede something
• French: interrompre — to interrupt or impede something
• German: unterbrechen — to interrupt or impede something
• German: hindern — to interrupt or impede something
• Hungarian: megakaszt — to interrupt or impede something
• Interlingua: interrumper — to interrupt or impede something
• Italian: interrompere — to interrupt or impede something
• Italian: impedire — to interrupt or impede something
• Latvian: traucēt — to interrupt or impede something
• Māori: whakapōnānā — to interrupt or impede something
• Polish: zaburzać — to interrupt or impede something
• Polish: zaburzyć — to interrupt or impede something
• Portuguese: interromper — to interrupt or impede something
• Portuguese: impedir — to interrupt or impede something
• Portuguese: causar ruptura — to interrupt or impede something
• Romanian: întrerupe — to interrupt or impede something
• Spanish: disrumpir — to interrupt or impede something
• Vietnamese: làm phiền — to interrupt or impede something
• Vietnamese: ngán đường — to interrupt or impede something
• French: disrupter — to improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market
• Italian: rimpiazzare — to improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market
• Spanish: disrumpir — to improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market