Disrupt

dis-rupt′, v.t. to burst asunder, to break up.— n. Disrup′tion , the act of breaking asunder: the act of bursting and rending: breach: in Scottish ecclesiastical history, the separation of the party who became the Free Church from the Established Church for the sake of spiritual independence (1843).— adj. Disrup′tive , causing, or accompanied by, disruption. [L. disrupt us , diruptus , dirumpĕre — dis , asunder, rumpĕre , to break.]