disrupter

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English

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Etymology

From disrupt +‎ -er.

Noun

disrupter (plural disrupters)

  1. Someone or something that disrupts.
    • 2025 May 3, Harry Dempsey, David Keohane, “Can you run a company as a perfect free market?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
      Sekiya comes from a bloodline of disrupters.
    • 2025 May 24, Raphael Abraham, “In Godard we trust”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 16:
      This is [Jean-Luc] Godard the disrupter (played by Guillaume Marbeck), shooting guerilla-style in Paris without lights, permits and often without a script.
  2. (science fiction) An energy weapon in the form of a pistol.

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French

Etymology

From English disrupt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.sʁyp.te/
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Verb

disrupter

  1. (economics) to disrupt an economic model by disruptive innovation

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