disruptor

[dis-ruhpt-er]

noun

1. a product, company, or person that disrupts an industry or market, upsetting the established order; an agent of change or confusion.

2. a substance that disrupts a physiological process or agent.

3. a person who disrupts a process, group, or event, such as by making noise or physically interfering.

Example Sentences

And any future car-buying disruptor, be it Amazon or someone else, will have to deal with an existing infrastructure and legal framework that still very much ends with car dealerships, a system that only one U.S. carmaker, Tesla Inc.

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Earlier in the year, he received the Disruptor of the Year award at the Nordoff and Robbins Northern Music Awards, held in Liverpool.

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Perplexity is one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups, whose AI-powered search engine is often mentioned as a potential disruptor to Google.

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Artificial intelligence isn’t another productivity tool; it’s the fastest labor-market disruptor in history.

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A promising disruptor off the edge is former USC standout Tuli Tuipulotu, who had 8½ sacks last season.

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