Meaning & use
disrupting
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Interrupting the normal course or continuity of something by causing disorder.
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Protesters were disrupting traffic downtown during rush hour.
The new technology is disrupting traditional retail business models.
A note on using this word
Widely used in business jargon to describe innovations that upend established markets, as in 'disruptive innovation'.
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