How to say "disrupt" in Japanese

• ディスラプト
  nounThe loanword, matching 'disrupt(ion)' directly. It belongs to business and tech talk about disrupting markets or industries; being less common, it is seldom the word for everyday disruptions.
• 支障をきたすししょうをきたす
  expression, godan verbTo disrupt in the sense of causing a hindrance: a problem, fault, or delay interferes with the smooth running of work, services, transport, or schedules — an obstacle to operations, not general chaos.
• 引っ掻き回すひっかきまわす
  godan verb, transitive verbLiterally to scratch and stir things up; figuratively to throw a place or group into confusion. It fits someone whose meddling disrupts an otherwise orderly situation, not services or operations being hindered.

Use 「ディスラプト」 for the business and tech sense of disrupting a market, 「支障をきたす」 when a problem hinders the running of work or services, and 「引っ掻き回す」 for stirring a situation into confusion.

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• ディスラプトdisrupt(ion)
• 支障をきたすししょうをきたすto hinder
• 引っ掻き回すひっかきまわすto throw into confusion
• 破るやぶるto break (e.g. silence)