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# disruption

noun (disruption, disruptions)

«disruption» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Disruption is something that stops a thing from going on normally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#m1)
2. A disruption is one such interruption. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#m2)

### In the lessons

School behaviour (disruption in class), travel (disruption to trains), weather and news.

### Examples

- The snow caused disruption to the buses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#x1)
- Talking caused disruption in the lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#x2)
- There may be disruption on the trains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#x3)
- The fire alarm was a big disruption. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#x4)
- We apologise for the disruption. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#x5)
- Road works mean disruption for drivers this week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/#x6)

### Note

Verb: disrupt; adjective: disruptive.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disruption» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disruption/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disruption» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disruption.html) on Mova free.