disrupt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DISRUPT

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly <an earthquake that had disrupted the elevated highway in several places>

Synonyms break up, bust, distintegrate, dismember, disrupt, fracture, fragment, rive

Related Words atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce; blast, blow up, burst, detonate, explode; crack, pop, shatter, shiver, smash; chip, sliver, splinter, split; implode; destroy, ruin, wreck

Near Antonyms doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair

to undo the proper order or arrangement of <the arrival of a baby in the household would totally disrupt their established routine>

Synonyms confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset

Related Words embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle; agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle; clutter

Near Antonyms align (also aline), line, line up, queue; classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize; adjust, fix; groom, make up, spruce (up); unscramble

Antonyms arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

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