disruptive
adjective
causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting.
disruptively
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a word derived from
disruptive.
Example Sentences
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A flight from Belfast to Egypt was cancelled on Saturday due to a "group of customers behaving disruptively onboard", EasyJet has said.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
"By turning these hidden states on and off at will and controlling them with nanoscale resolution, we open exciting opportunities to disruptively advance next-generation optical and quantum technologies, including for sensing and computing."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
There are several unpermitted outdoor speakers at restaurants on his block near Washington Boulevard that are disruptively loud, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
The drop is why schools are disruptively scrambling to merge classrooms, after some of them ended up with as few as 11 students, The Seattle Times reported last week.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
The arc should, of course, be sufficiently insulating to allow the discharge to pass through the gap disruptively.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
