<h1>Disroof</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*roof"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To unroof.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Carlyle.</i>
<h1>Disroot</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*root"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disrooted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disrooting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.</def>
<blockquote>A piece of ground <b>disrooted</b> from its situation by subterraneous inundations. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Disrout</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*rout"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>desrouter</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82router</ets>.]</ety> <def>To put to rout.</def>
<i>Taylor (1630).</i>
<h1>Disrudder</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*rud"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.</def>
<h1>Disrulily</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*ru"li*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a disorderly manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Rom. of R.</i>
<h1>Disruly</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*ru"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unruly; disorderly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Disrupt</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*rupt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disruptus</ets>, <ets>diruptus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>disrumpere</ets>, to break or burst asunder; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>rumpere</ets> to break, burst. See <er>Rupture</er>.]</ety> <def>Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.</def>
<h1>Disrupt</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*rupt"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disrupted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disrupting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To break asunder; to rend.</def>
<i>Thomson.</i>
<h1>Disruption</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*rup"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disruptio</ets>, <ets>diruptio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; <as>as, the <ex>disruption</ex> of rocks in an earthquake; <ex>disruption</ex> of a state.</as></def>
<h1>Disruptive</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*rupt"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; <as>as, the <ex>disruptive</ex> discharge of an electrical battery</as>.</def>
<i>Nichol.</i>
<h1>Disrupture</h1> <Xpage=431>
<hw>Dis*rup"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disruption.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
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