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disrupt [dısˈrʌpt] VB trans

▶ disruption [dısˈrʌpʃən] N
▶ disruptive ADJ

distinctive [dısˈtıŋktıv] ADJ

disrepair [ˌdısrıˈpeə] N

deceptive [dıˈseptıv] ADJ

disreputable [dısˈrepjʊtəbl] ADJ

▶ disreputableness N
▶ disreputably ADV

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Disruptive patterns work best when all their components match the background.
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Some villages employed dog whippers in a more general capacity, dealing with stray and disruptive dogs throughout the village.
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While the possibility of restricting domestic usage was considered, it was deemed unnecessary and disruptive.
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It had a disruptive effect on rail service.
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In this sense it can be perceived as a positive force that prevents acts that are perceptually disruptive or dangerous.
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This use of this technology may be disruptive to the rest of the industry and create an entirely new product category to define the industry.
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Thus, the struggle of opposing forces, rather than being disruptive, may indeed be a means of balancing and maintaining a social structure or society.
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Opponents of villagization argued that the scheme was disruptive to agricultural production because the government moved many farmers during the planting and harvesting seasons.
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In the long run, high (disruptive) technology either bypasses, upgrades or replaces the outdated support network.
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In the economic sector, the purge similarly was only mildly disruptive, affecting less than sixteen hundred individuals spread among some four hundred companies.
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