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Meaning of disruption

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  disruption
      n 1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was
           presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in
           his account" [syn: {break}, {interruption}, {disruption},
           {gap}]
      2: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
         furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance},
         {disruption}, {commotion}, {flutter}, {hurly burly}, {to-do},
         {hoo-ha}, {hoo-hah}, {kerfuffle}]
      3: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
         [syn: {dislocation}, {disruption}]
      4: the act of causing disorder [syn: {disruption},
         {perturbation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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