disrupture

American  

[dis-ruhp-cher] / dɪsˈrʌp tʃər /

noun

1. interruption; disruption.

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Etymology

Origin of disrupture

First recorded in 1775–85; disrupt + -ure

Example Sentences

Some cataclysmal upheaval would seem to account for such disrupture rather than the infinitely slow processes suggested by geological history.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

The piles of reckon each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression.

From Mazelli, and Other Poems by Sands, George W., ca. 1824-1874

The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of this disrupture and avulsion from their beds, by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James

But they were no longer in power; and had they been a majority, they could only have effected it by sheer weight of numbers, and under imminent peril of disrupture in the Church.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)

Presently the rough, rattling, and crashing sound, from the disrupture of the soil, and the breaking of the branches, and tearing up by the roots of the largest trees, gave warning of some tremendous incident.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael