DISRUPTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disruptive mean? 

• DISRUPTIVE (adjective)
  The adjective DISRUPTIVE has 1 sense:

1. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

  Familiarity information: DISRUPTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISRUPTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

Synonyms:

disruptive; riotous; troubled; tumultuous; turbulent

Context example:

a turbulent and unruly childhood

Similar:

unquiet (characterized by unrest or disorder)

Derivation:

disrupt (throw into disorder)

 Context examples 

They involve a pattern of hostile, aggressive, or disruptive behaviors for more than 6 months.

(Child Behavior Disorders, NIH)

Senior experts and engineers from across the agency and the Lockheed Martin Corporation concluded Friday that the QueSST design is capable of fulfilling the LBFD aircraft’s mission objectives, which are to fly at supersonic speeds, but create a soft thump instead of the disruptive sonic boom associated with supersonic flight today.

(NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane, NASA)