disruption

noun

dis·rup·tion dis-ˈrəp-shən

plural disruptions

: the act or process of disrupting something : a break or interruption in the normal course or continuation of some activity, process, etc.

disruption of sleep

disruptions in service

a process that has continued without disruption

Throughout the history of medicine, health has been seen as a condition of equilibrium and illness as the disruption of a balanced state.—

David Mechanic

By 1925 most countries had recovered from the economic disruptions caused by the Great War of 1914-18.—

John A. Garraty

Examples of disruption in a Sentence

the flat tire resulted in an unfortunate disruption of the schedule for our road trip

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Cohen and his co-authors suggest Arctic change favors more polar vortex disruptions, which can trigger more severe winter weather for weeks. —

Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 Economists say disruptions related to the catastrophic Los Angeles fires and severe winter storms dampened job gains in January, but the labor market proved strong enough to withstand those disruptions. —

Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025 The disruption has rendered online gaming services, digital stores, and multimedia applications inaccessible to PlayStation users worldwide. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025 Hopefully, this weekend's disruption won't last as long as PSN's longest-ever outage back in 2011, which took almost 23 days to restore. —

Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for disruption