DISRUPT, DISRUPTION, DISRUPTIVE
ADJECTIVES
1587 • BREAKDANCE causing disturbance or disorder; disruptive → obs.
1832 • ROWDY noisy, boisterous, disruptive
1888 • CATACLASMIC pert. to a violent disruption
1991 • DICKHEADED knowingly disruptive, obnoxious, or provocative → sl.
………. • DICKISH knowingly disruptive, obnoxious, or provocative → sl., orig. US
NOUNS
1450 • UNRESTING disturbance, disruption → obs.
1829 • CATACLASM a break or disruption
1834 • DISRUPTMENT a breaking off, disruption
1896 • DERAILMENT an impeding, disrupting, or thwarting an activity, plan, etc., by diverting it from its intended or expected course
1947 • PERFORMING disruption, troublemaking → sl. chiefly nautical usage
1948 • GRAB-ASS disruptive or foolish behaviour; horseplay → US sl., orig. US military usage
.M20 • HEADFUCKER a disruptive or disorienting situation or object → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1873 • PEACEBREAKER a disruptive person; a troublemaker → Amer. dial.
1882 • DISRUPTIONIST one who favours disruption
1898 • WOWSER a person, esp. a man, who behaves in an antisocial or disruptive way → orig. & chiefly Aust. & NZ
1937 • PERFORMER an habitually insubordinate or disruptive person; a troublemaker → sl., chiefly nautical usage
.M20 • HEADFUCKER a disruptive or disorienting person → US sl.
1959 • BAM a disruptive or belligerent person → Sc. colloq.
1962 • BAMPOT a disruptive or belligerent person → Sc. colloq.
1965 • BAMSTICK a disruptive or belligerent person → Sc. colloq.
………. • PEACE DISTURBER a disruptive person; a troublemaker → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1542 • PLAY THE DEVIL to cause disruption, severe harm, or damage; to wreak havoc, to ruin
1579 • PLAY THE BEAR to cause disruption, severe harm, or damage; to wreak havoc, to ruin
1620 • SHATTER of a body of men: to suffer disruption
1855 • BUST UP to disrupt a gathering; to cause to disperse, esp. by force
1889 • DERAIL to disrupt, impede, or thwart an activity or plan, etc. by diverting it from its intended or expected course
1912 • MONKEY-WRENCH to disrupt, to obstruct, to spoil
1934 • THROW A SPANNER IN THE WORKS to cause disruption; to interfere with the smooth running of something
1976 • WRENCH to disrupt or upset someone → US sl.
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