disrupt | Definition of disrupt

Synonyms and Antonyms of disrupt

1 to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly

an earthquake that had disrupted the elevated highway in several places

Synonyms of disrupt

break, break up, bust, disintegrate, dismember, fracture, fragment, rive

Words Related to disrupt

atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce

blast, blow up, burst, detonate, explode

crack, pop, shatter, shiver, smash

chip, sliver, splinter, split

destroy, ruin, wreck

Near Antonyms of disrupt

doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair

2 to undo the proper order or arrangement of

the arrival of a baby in the household would totally disrupt their established routine

Synonyms of disrupt

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset

Words Related to disrupt

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

Near Antonyms of disrupt

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

groom, make up, spruce (up)

Antonyms of disrupt

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy