Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-RUP'TION
DIS-RUP'TION, n. [L. disruptio, from disrumpo.]
- The act of rending asunder; the act of bursting and separating.
- Breach; rent; dilaceration; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; the disruption of a stratum of earth; disruption of the flesh.
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