English to English
adjective
- Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive.
Riotous times.
These troubled areas.
The tumultuous years of his administration.
A turbulent and unruly childhood.
source: WordNet 3.0