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Dilay1985 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Disruption
Hi,
What does disruption mean here? Thanks.
The first Bond film, “Dr. No” (1962), about the disruption of American rockets from a secret base in the Caribbean meant to spur war between the superpowers.
What does disruption mean here? Thanks.
The first Bond film, “Dr. No” (1962), about the disruption of American rockets from a secret base in the Caribbean meant to spur war between the superpowers.
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You'd have to see the movie, I guess. "Disruption" in this sense just means an event that interferes with the functionality or control of the rockets. Since you're told that the disruption was meant to spur war, it's evident that some unnamed entity has planned the disruption.
- You'd have to see the movie, I guess.
- "Disruption" in this sense just means an event that interferes with the functionality or control of the rockets.
- Since you're told that the disruption was meant to spur war, it's evident that some unnamed entity has planned the disruption.
- It's equally evident that the disruption was not planned by the owners of the rockets.
- It could mean almost anything, it's quite vague.
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You'd have to see the movie, I guess. 
"Disruption" in this sense just means an event that interferes with the functionalit
"Disruption" in this sense just means an event that interferes with the functionalit
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It's a strange usage of 'disruption'.
Instead of "about the disruption of American rockets from a secret base", you can substitute "about attempts to disrupt American rockets at a secret base", where 'to disrupt' means 'to throw into disorder', 'to interrupt progress", "to sabotage".
Even so, I can't be sure that this is what the writer really meant.
CJ
Instead of "about the disruption of American rockets from a secret base", you can substitute "about attempts to disrupt American rockets at a secret base", where 'to disrupt' means 'to throw into disorder', 'to interrupt progress", "to sabotage".
Even so, I can't be sure that this is what the writer really meant.
CJ
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It's from a New York Times review of the latest007 flick:
But the movies didn’t just draw on experience; they sometimes seemed to parallel it. The first Bond film, “Dr. No” (1962), about the disruption of American rockets from a secret base in the Caribbean meant to spur war between the superpowers, received its premiere less than two weeks before secret missiles in the
But the movies didn’t just draw on experience; they sometimes seemed to parallel it. The first Bond film, “Dr. No” (1962), about the disruption of American rockets from a secret base in the Caribbean meant to spur war between the superpowers, received its premiere less than two weeks before secret missiles in the
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I hope most of our younger viewers still learn about the very tense Cuban Missile Crisis in school. 
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DoNotPassGoI hope most of our younger viewers still learn about the very tense Cuban Missile Crisis in school.They say that history repeats itself. I hope that this case will be the exception
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AlpheccaStarsKennedy disrupted the delivery of ...Now that sounds like the correct usage.
Does "the disruption OF something FROM somewhere" sound as odd to you as to me?
It's almost as if the writer thought the grammar of the word 'theft' should be applied:
"the theft OF ... FROM ..."
and that doesn't make sense when 'disruption' is
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The use of "disruption" in the first place sounds odd to me, but not "the disruption OF something FROM somewhere"
Since a secret Caribbean base was causing the disruption, the disruption was coming "from" it. Therefore the disruption of something from somewhere just gives us an idea of the location from where the disruption originated.
Since a secret Caribbean base was causing the disruption, the disruption was coming "from" it. Therefore the disruption of something from somewhere just gives us an idea of the location from where the disruption originated.
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CalifJimDoes "the disruption OF something FROM somewhere" sound as odd to you as to me?Yes, it does. Usually something disrupted is a related to a process or activity, not a physical object. eg. Hurricane Sandy disrupted electrical service over much of the Northeast.
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DoNotPassGoSince a secret Caribbean base was causing the disruption, the disruption was coming "from" it.That goes some distance in explaining it. I'm beginning to see what you mean.
CJ
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Think of it this way:
"I was creating a big disruption of the game from the bleachers with my vuvuzela."
"I was creating a big disruption of the game from the bleachers with my vuvuzela."
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