disrupture

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English

Etymology

From disrupt, after rupture.[1]

Noun

disrupture (plural disruptures)

  1. Alternative form of disruption
    • 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
      a disrupture and breach in the mountain

References

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Disrupture”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 503, column 1.

Latin

Participle

disruptūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of disruptūrus