Verb

(en verb)

To throw into confusion or disorder.

To interrupt or impede.

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To improve a product or service in ways that displaces an established one and surprises the market.

The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.

Verb

(en verb)

To move in a quick fashion.

To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

* Bible, Psalms lv. 8

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

* 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 7:

[...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.

To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.