disrupting
Throwing into chaos
Disrupting is the present participle of disrupt—to interrupt the normal course or functioning of something.
You can be disrupting a meeting, a schedule, or an industry.
The tech world adopted disrupting as near-jargon for upending established markets: Streaming services are disrupting traditional television.
Someone or something disrupting is causing disorder or preventing smooth operation.
Unwelcome involvement in affairs
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- hindranceBarrier to progress
halt · stoppage · derailing · interference · commotion · disorder · dislocation · upset
Sudden important advance
- game-changingFundamentally altering outcomes
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- transformativeCausing major change
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
pioneering · cutting-edge · radical · startup · entrepreneurship · incumbents · first-mover · blue-ocean
interference
Unwelcome involvement in affairs
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
hindrance · halt · stoppage · derailing · interference · commotion · disorder · dislocation · upset · unsettling
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- game-changingFundamentally altering outcomes
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- transformativeCausing major change
groundbreaking · pioneering · cutting-edge · radical · startup · entrepreneurship · incumbents · first-mover · blue-ocean · scalability
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- troublemakingtroublemaker, troublemaking, instigate, agitator, instigating
- interruptionsinterruption, cutting off, butting in, interjecting, interjection
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
- creatingcreating, inventing, producing, generating, making
- breakingbreaking, cracking, fracturing, rupturing, shattering
disruptingmaintaining
Keeping in condition
preserving · organizing · ordering · restoring · arranging
disruptingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
steadying · securing · reinforcing · consolidating · fortifying
disruptingfacilitating
Making something simpler
assisting · enabling · aiding · helping · supporting
- supply chain disruptionInterrupted flow of goods
- market disruptionFundamental shift in industry dynamics
- disruptive technologyInnovation that displaces incumbents
- service disruptionBreak in expected availability
- membrane disruptionDamaging cellular boundaries
- supply disruptionInterruption in goods flow