disruption

noun

1. 1

   an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

   it was presented without commercial breaks

   there was a gap in his account

2. 2

   the act of causing disorder

3. 3

   an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

4. 4

   a disorderly outburst or tumult

   they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused