Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of disrupt.
- adj. Subject to disruption.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not continuous in time or space. Opposite of
continuous .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked by breaks or gaps
Examples
“The Education Ministry said 312 secondary schools out of 4,300 were again disrupted by students trying to prevent their classmates from entering.”
The Washington Post: France in turmoil as nationwide strike over pension reform stretches on
“Workers at three of France's 12 refineries voted Monday to return to work, though their supplies of crude oil remain disrupted by port blockades.”
The Wall Street Journal: French Pension Conflict Enters New Phase
“Representing the final title disrupted by the writers strike to reappear on broadcast television, "24: Redemption" was seen by 12 million viewers and hit a 4.0 preliminary rating among adults 18 to 49.”
Redemption' earns solid rating; AMAs grow -- The Live Feed | THR
“Sorry to burst bubbles but real life again disrupted my NaNoing.”
“According to the National Survey of Children, in disrupted families only one child in six, on average, saw his or her father as often as once a week in the past year.”
“Much of this can be attributed to the rise in disrupted families.”
“The father-child bond is severely, often irreparably, damaged in disrupted families.”
“Similarly, the children in disrupted families have a harder time forging bonds of trust with others and giving and getting help across the generations.”
“Whereas teenagers in disrupted families were no more likely than teenagers in intact families to report poor relationships with their mothers, 30 percent of young adults from disrupted families have poor relationships with their mothers, as compared with 16 percent of young adults from intact families.”
“Children in disrupted families are nearly twice as likely as those in intact families to drop out of high school; among children who do drop out, those from disrupted families are less likely eventually to earn a diploma or a GED.”
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Aequoria's list
affect, deleterious, nuance, pliant, verbatim, pertinent, latter, municipality, provincial, voyeuristic, circumlocution, wane and 798 more...
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You Broke It!
After the school bully breaks your new yo-yo, you can use these words to describe it. All hail the carnage!
broken, faulty, slipshod, weak, destroyed, dismantled, busted, cracked, chipped, bent, shattered, irreparable and 147 more...
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my favourite words
nightfall, dusk, lime, ultraviolet, golden, overcome, light, sky, azalea, violet, blur, azure and 5 more...
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Smiley's Words
persuadable, controversialist, enthusiast, perverse, subversive, vulnerable, bemused, superficial, disrupted, subtle, nuanced, flavorful and 26 more...
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