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disrupt
verb as in upset, disorganize
Strong matches
agitate, bollix, confuse, disarray, discombobulate, discompose, disorder, muddle, rummage, shake, spoil, throw, unsettle
Weak matches
mess up, mix up, muck up, muddy the waters, psych out, put off, rattle one's cage, screw up, upset the apple cart
Example Sentences
The next year, the pandemic came, disrupting sports and lives everywhere.
What they talk about instead is a much more modest ambition of making it harder to cross borders without the right paperwork, reducing the number who do so and disrupting the people smugglers.
Since at least the early 20th century, the rhetoric behind the afforestation push in Israel/Palestine has implied that no existing human settlements or agriculture his been displaced or disrupted.
He acknowledged that stopping people-smuggling gangs was "an incredibly complex and challenging problem" but said he was aiming to disrupt their business models.
Transport for Wales said 13% of its services had been disrupted due to severe weather.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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