Thesaurus results for DISRUPTION

disruption

noun

dis-ˈrəp-shən

as in disturbance

an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed the flat tire resulted in an unfortunate disruption of the schedule for our road trip

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Recent Examples of disruption On December 30, officials issued an advisory regarding ongoing construction, in an attempt to minimize disruptions during New Year's celebrations. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 Zoom out: Other schools have explicitly warned international students about travel disruptions related to the change in administrations. —

Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025 Epilepsy is a brain condition caused by disruptions in brain cell signaling. —

Rosanna Sutherby, Verywell Health, 2 Jan. 2025 Indeed, by the closing months of 1999, the consensus in the IT sector and government was that Y2K would be a bump in the road, with disruptions no worse than a winter storm. —

Zachary Loeb / Made By History, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for disruption