disrupture

[ dis-ruhp-cher ]

noun
  1. interruption; disruption.

Origin of disrupture

1
First recorded in 1775–85; disrupt + -ure

Words Nearby disrupture

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How to use disrupture in a sentence

  • The moving spirit of the northern confederacy was, in effect, no more, and a brief negotiation ended in its total disrupture.

    The History of Napoleon Buonaparte | John Gibson Lockhart