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How to spell disrupt
Disrupt is spelled D-I-S-R-U-P-T.
What it means: To interrupt or disturb an activity.
In a sentence: The cat tried to disrupt the dog's nap by tapping its tail.
Same family: disruption, disruptive, disruptor, corrupt, interrupt. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Disrupt” comes from Latin roots: the prefix “dis-” meaning ‘apart’ and the root “rumpere” meaning ‘to break’. It literally started out meaning ‘to break apart,’ which is still very close to how we use it today in business and technology.
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