Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disruptive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disruptive \Dis*rupt"ive\, a.
Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by
disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive
discharge of an electrical battery. --Nichol.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disruptive
adj : characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination;
"effects of the struggle will be violent and
disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas";
"the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a
turbulent and unruly childhood" [syn: {riotous}, {troubled},
{tumultuous}, {turbulent}]
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