disruption

Noun

• the act of causing disorder

• an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

• a disorderly outburst or tumult
  • they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
    

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
  • it was presented without commercial breaks
    
  • there was a gap in his account
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  perturbation , dislocation , disturbance , commotion , flutter , hurly burly , to-do , hoo-ha , hoo-hah , kerfuffle , break , interruption , gap