Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disrupt

3 senses of disrupt

Sense 1
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")
       => break, break off, discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations")

Sense 2
disrupt -- (throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process")

Sense 3
interrupt, disrupt -- (interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone")
       => chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in -- (break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation")

Antonyms of adj disrupted

1 sense of disrupted

Sense 1
disrupted -- (marked by breaks or gaps; "many routes are unsafe or disrupted")

INDIRECT (VIA discontinuous) -> continuous, uninterrupted -- (continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks")

Similarity of adj disrupted

1 sense of disrupted

Sense 1
disrupted -- (marked by breaks or gaps; "many routes are unsafe or disrupted")
       => discontinuous (vs. continuous), noncontinuous -- (not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling")

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