disrupt
verb (used with object)
to cause disorder or turmoil in.
disrupted
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past participleof disrupt.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disrupt.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disruptverb (used with object)to cause disorder or turmoil in.
Example Sentences
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European natural-gas prices climbed more than 2%, trading just shy of 74 euros a megawatt-hour as supply flows from Qatar remained severely disrupted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair said more than 65,000 of its passengers had been disrupted and it had cancelled more than 50 flights.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Much of it can be subsistence looting, with people selling antiquities because their livelihoods have been disrupted by war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"I feel sorry for the people around Dover and the people disrupted by that."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
One test required Mary to clamber onto the catwalk of the wind tunnel, measuring how rivets disrupted the airflow over a particular model.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
