- present participle of disrupt.
disrupting
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The outage hit more than 70 countries, disrupting everything from business operations to government services and personal users.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
It had been chased down by HMS Nimble, a British warship charged with disrupting the illegal slave trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Dame Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner for England, said she welcomed strong action to stop phones distracting pupils and disrupting the school day.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Lengyel then disabled DHRS7 in zebrafish, preventing the production of the enzyme and disrupting the signaling process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
The scoutmaster had given them a long lecture about disrupting nature—by the end of it, Jonah felt guilty about how many protozoans he’d probably killed.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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