What is another word for disruptions?

Pronunciation: [dɪsɹˈʌpʃənz] (IPA)

Disruptions are interruptions or disturbances that can cause chaos or confusion. Synonyms for disruptions include upheaval, disturbance, interruption, interference, obstruction, and turbulence. These words refer to anything that prevents things from going smoothly. "Upheaval" suggests a sudden and violent change that can shake things up. "Disturbance" is a more general term and can refer to any kind of disturbance, whether it is physical or mental. "Interference" and "obstruction" suggest an intentional disruption, while "turbulence" refers to a chaotic and unpredictable situation. Whatever word you choose to use, disruptions can be disruptive and frustrating, but they can also lead to positive change.

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Usage examples for Disruptions

Mr. Browning, addressing himself to an imaginary audience composed of living and dead, describes the city as it hastens to arms, and the chain of circumstances through which she has been called upon to do so; and draws a curious picture of two political ideals which he considers respectively those of Ghibelline and Guelph: the one symbolized by isolated heights, the other by a continuous level growth; those again suggesting the violent disruptions which create imperial power; these the peaceful organic processes of democratic life.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
The youthful enthusiasm which had at first lifted the most ineffectual trial, the most useless essay, to the plane of actual achievement, died out, leaving them only the dull, prosaic record of half-finished ditches, purposeless shafts, untenable pits, abandoned engines, and meaningless disruptions of the soil upon the Lone Star claim, and empty flour sacks and pork barrels in the Lone Star cabin.
"On the Frontier"
Bret Harte
The prince nodded; if she had these opinions, it must be good for him to have them too, and he shared them, as it were, by the touch of her hand, and for the length of time that he touched her hand, as an electrical shock may be taken by one far removed from the battery, susceptible to it only through the link; he was capable of thinking all that came to him from her a blessing-shocks, wounds and disruptions.
"The Tragic Comedians, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009

Famous quotes with Disruptions

  • The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
  • It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina.
    Mel Martinez
  • Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of the old empires / i.
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