Vocabulary
Disrupt
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.
Urdu meaning
روکنا ، وقفہ کرنا، رکاوٹ، منتشر کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- What is less readily available is a blueprint for how countries can disrupt these cycles of political vengeance.
- Each rain bomb can shatter homes, disrupt livelihood, and overwhelm fragile ecosystems.
- They disrupt plots through surveillance, investigation, arrests, evidence-gathering, monitoring radical groups and enforcing anti-terrorism laws.
- The state must also work with international agencies to disrupt cross-border transplant tourism.
- Closing the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt shipments is an option that can send the oil price skyrocketing and spark an energy crisis.
Synonyms
throw into confusion, throw into disorder, throw into disarray, cause confusion/turmoil in, play havoc with
Antonyms
organize, arrange
Curator example
“flooding disrupted rail services”
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