Vocabulary
Disruption
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Pakistan`s current account surplus, earned for the first time in nearly a decade, evaporated before anyone had time to celebrate it.The trade disruption compounded the energy shock.
Dawn Editorials —
The economic connection
— 2026-04-23
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Infrastructure of that scale creates shared interests that make disruption costly for every country involved.The Hormuz crisis has shown what economic separation actually costs.
Dawn Editorials —
The economic connection
— 2026-04-23
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So far the disruption from the war has mainly affected prices in the oil markets.
Dawn Editorials —
How it ends
— 2026-04-23
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But the damage to critical energy infrastructure and disruption in oil shipments and energy supplies have far-reaching global ramifications, affecting countries across the world.
Dawn Editorials —
The fallout
— 2026-04-20
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The International Energy Agency has described this as `the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market`.
Dawn Editorials —
The fallout
— 2026-04-20
Curator example
“the scheme was planned to minimize disruption”
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