Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A high explosive: so named because the effect of such explosives is to separate forcibly surrounding matter into small particles rather than to propel it to a distance.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
disrupter .
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Examples
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The term disruptor applies to several different tools.
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That might seem like a dreadful shame to us, but remember that future generations are going to have to fight the cyber wars and, unfortunately, knowing how to download plans for an electromagnetic pulse disruptor is going to be more useful to them than knowing how Queen Victoria reigned when they come face to face with an army of giant robotic bees.
Prepare for the war with the giant robotic bees « One Size Fits One 2010
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That might seem like a dreadful shame to us, but remember that future generations are going to have to fight the cyber wars and, unfortunately, knowing how to download plans for an electromagnetic pulse disruptor is going to be more useful to them than knowing how Queen Victoria reigned when they come face to face with an army of giant robotic bees.
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Probably the most widely known endocrine disruptor is DES, a synthetic estrogen given to some pregnant women in the 1950s and 1960s under the mistaken belief that it would prevent miscarriage and premature birth.
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Methinks the anonymous disruptor is trying to distract us from his/her cowardice.
Protesters Demand UVa Contractors Living Wage at cvillenews.com 2002
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I hold free-market views because it removes the uneasy feeling I would get if I simultaneously supported and opposed violent disruption of transactions depending on whether or not the disruptor was a government.
Heckman interview, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The "path-intersecting disruptor" game has already been published - it's Robots, a movie spin-off game that works fine with 2 players but bogs down with more as the monster aka disruptor makes too many trips and keeps stealing VP's from the players.
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BPA is an endocrine disruptor, meaning that it can interfere with how hormones work in our bodies by changing their normal function.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Chemical Industry Lobbyists Block Measure to Protect Infants and Toddlers Sen. Dianne Feinstein 2010
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Here is the "positive change" that Gates, Broad, and the impatient "disruptor" profiteers would like to see:
Archive 2008-12-01 Jim Horn 2008
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Here is the "positive change" that Gates, Broad, and the impatient "disruptor" profiteers would like to see:
Throw Your Shoes Today in Chicago Jim Horn 2008
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Words like “disruptor” were being used to describe a new breed of celebs, models, actors, designers, musicians, and photographers, and the industry was taking notice.
Fashion Was Super White in 2009. It Still Is. Marjon Carlos 2019
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