disruption
US /dɪsˈrʌpʃən/
Definition
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The power outage caused a serious disruption to production at the factory.
Word Family
Synonyms
- interruptionan act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- disturbanceactivity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
Collocations
- Easy traffic disruption due to rainto traffic disruption due to rain, meaning to deal illegally
- Medium cause disruption to flight schedulesto cause disruption to flight schedules, meaning to give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- Hard technological disruption across bankingdescribing technological disruption across banking (based in scientific and industrial progress)
- Very Hard mitigate catastrophic supply chain disruptionto mitigate catastrophic supply chain disruption, meaning to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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