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

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

He did not at all refer to what had taken place at Richmond, or allude in any way to the nature of the cause which had produced this sudden disrupture.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

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

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)

These dignities endured, in part, until the aftermath of the French Revolution, which was the real cause of the disrupture of many Charlemagnian traditions.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)