DISTURBANCE
\dɪstˈɜːbəns], \dɪstˈɜːbəns], \d_ɪ_s_t_ˈɜː_b_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of DISTURBANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a noisy fight
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a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
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the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
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(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
By Princeton University
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a noisy fight
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a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
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the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
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(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.
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Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.
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Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
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The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.
By Oddity Software
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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.
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Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.
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Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
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The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Any disquiet or interruption of peace; interruption of a settled state of things; tumult; emotion or agitation of the mind; disorder of thoughts; confusion; the hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. Derangement of the regular course of things;—confusion or agitation of the mind;—public commotion; right;—tumult; brawl; disorder; derangement.
By Thomas Sheridan
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