Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Disruption \Dis*rup"tion\, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.]
   The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent
   asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration;
   rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake;
   disruption of a state.

Source : WordNet®

disruption
     n 1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was
          presented without commercial breaks" [syn: {break}, {interruption},
           {gap}]
     2: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
        furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance},
        {commotion}, {stir}, {flutter}, {hurly burly}, {to-do}, {hoo-ha},
         {hoo-hah}, {kerfuffle}]
     3: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
        [syn: {dislocation}]
     4: the act of causing disorder [syn: {perturbation}]