Synonyms for disruptive
dɪsˈrʌp tɪvdis·rup·tive

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1. disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulentadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   luxuriant, profuse, fast, lush, debauched, riotous, libertine, turbulent, dissolute, tumultuous, roiling, degraded, roiled, churning, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, roily, degenerate, profligate

   Antonyms:
   quiet

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1. List of paraphrases for "disruptive":

   disturbing, destructive, destabilizing, camouflage, disrupting, troubling, harmful, devastating, detrimental

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1. Ayanna Pressley:

   I think we are both stating that voting the right way isn't enough. We have to be bold, we have to be disruptive, both of our candidacies are disruptive because they challenge the conventional wisdom and narrative about who has a right to run and also how to run and win. ... People closest to the pain should be closest to the power.

2. Steven Taylor:

   He would really be disruptive in the Senate, i really do wonder, if he’s going to be a pain in the rear end most of his time there, would Republicans just as soon have Jones and live with it. Jones is far more liberal than Roy Moore and would probably have a liberal voting record, but being from Alabama, you’d think he’d at least sometimes vote with Republicans.

3. John Lettieri:

   Splitting it in half blunts the negative impact of having to absorb that much new capacity, it's still a pretty large influx of jobs and investments, but it may be less disruptive.

4. Chief Executive Greg Hayes:

   Clearly everybody's worried about the elections here in the U.S., but there's not much impact for the year as far as I can tell, longer-term, that may be a different story. But really it's just global uncertainty, it's what's going on in the marketplace, it's the global war on terror, all of those things can be disruptive. Although it's nice to have a long cycle business with a big backlog.

5. Brian Smedley:

   We think the Fed understands the risks associated with waiting too long to lift off, as an abrupt tightening down the road ... could be disruptive.