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}, {turmoil}, {stir}, {hurly burly}, {to-do}]

3: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

[syn: {dislocation}]

4: the act of causing disorder [syn: {perturbation}]