Synonym: affray, commotion, disruption, flutter, folie, fray, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, interference, kerfuffle, mental disorder, mental disturbance, noise, perturbation, psychological disorder, ruffle, to-do, upset. Similar words: disturb, disturbing, urban, distance, suburban, in the distance, perturbation, assistance. Meaning: [dɪ'stɜːbəns] n. 1. activity that is an intrusion or interruption 2. an unhappy and worried mental state 3. a disorderly outburst or tumult 4. a noisy fight 5. the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion 6. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness 7. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication.
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121. He had chosen November 5 as a traditional day of civil disturbance.
122. Traditional boundaries between the counties were ignored so that all manner of sporting and social organizations were threatened with disturbance.
123. Pressure from recreation on these open areas is usually considerable, with consequently much disturbance to birds particularly in the breeding season.
124. In each case the pipette should be gently inserted and withdrawn from the fluid in order to minimize disturbance.
125. However, when a helicopter lands it can cause a disturbance to local residents.
126. There was no one to corroborate her story about the disturbance in the lounge.
127. Several people tried to create a disturbance in the courtroom.
128. Even the bare winter branches, tidy and muted like dry bones, had become a disturbance of tangled nerves.
129. Some pay an additional disturbance payment to compensate the expatriate when he has to readjust to life in Britain on his return.
130. A thought-provoking look at the ever-growing affliction of mental disturbance.
131. Residents nearby have complained about noise and disturbance late at night.
132. And most of all, could I complete my duties for the day without causing a major disturbance?
133. They resent disturbance so do not respond well to division.
134. A disturbance in immunoregulatory control has long been suspected to play a major role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
135. His peregrinations round the countryside continued, often accompanied by disturbance.
136. For example, faecal incontinence and sleep disturbance are often associated with the breakdown of caring arrangements leading to hospitalisation.
137. Those with well defined social support networks illustrate lower rates of psychological disturbance than their more isolated counterparts.
138. Rubbish is discarded; that from boats is washed ashore and there is greater disturbance of the animal life.
139. The symptoms in case 2, which included gastrointestinal and autonomic disturbance, closely resembled those reported in past cases of mercury intoxication.
140. Table 3.4 gives examples of disturbance allowances paid in 14 organisations.
141. No one was hurt in a 6: 30 p. m. disturbance at the East Facility, she added.
142. It's got to the point now where everyone thinks everything we do is just deliberate shit, us causing a disturbance.
143. Sydney Doran, 25, was serving a sentence for robbery and theft at the time of the disturbance two years ago.
144. A bark alerts their owner to a likely disturbance, enabling them to take effective action.
145. There is some evidence that sleep disturbance in normal old men is more frequent than in normal old women.
146. He was imprisoned for creating a public disturbance.
147. A strong link was found between parental mental illness and disturbance in their children.
148. The atomization process is more sensitive to disturbance than vaporization.
149. Weak as it is,(http://sentencedict.com/disturbance.html) the disturbance in the wind field is discernible.
150. The existence of Cl - will make big disturbance to the determination of COD.
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