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  • noun Someone or something that disrupts.

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Examples

  • We were told that the disrupter was a member of Lyndon LaRouche's whatever.

    CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2006 2006

  • And if he did manage to escape she could always use the sonic disrupter aka cry.

    Monday baby blogging - Maddox on a Quilt 2006

  • Well, actually, what the bomb techs will do, they will go up and they will use a type of device called a disrupter that shoots either a water or a gel.

    CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2005 2005

  • They used what's called disrupter devices, there were safe.

    CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2005 2005

  • But the "disrupter" says his Emobile broadband mobile venture shows the way when it comes to pricing.

    Computerworld 2008

  • Semmoto says he is not typical of Japanese in deciding to become an entrepreneur and "disrupter".

    Computerworld 2008

  • Japanese 'disrupter' labels Kiwi broadband 'retarded'

    Computerworld 2008

  • Cuccinelli noted that Virginia, like 42 other states, has a law that makes it a crime to disrupt a military funeral -- he said if a protest by Phelps or someone else were to disrupt a funeral, his office would assist in prosecuting the disrupter.

    Cuccinelli applauds Supreme Court decision in military funeral case 2011

  • It added: 'Any disrupter of public security would be dealt with according to the law.'

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • How his art's authority as a disrupter of artistic norms survives the burnishment his works will now receive from the smoothest, most powerful art operation in the world will be something to watch.

    How Will the Future Judge Him? Richard B. Woodward 2012

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