Disturbance Definition

dĭ-stûrbəns
disturbances
noun
disturbances
The act of disturbing.
A disturbance of lake sediments.
American Heritage
A disturbing or being disturbed.
Webster's New World
Anything that disturbs.
Webster's New World
Any departure from normal.
Webster's New World
Commotion; disorder.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Disturbance

Noun

Singular:
disturbance
Plural:
disturbances

Origin of Disturbance

  • Middle English, from Old French destorbance

    From Wiktionary

Disturbance Sentence Examples

  • There was less disturbance there in1895-1896than in other north Syrian towns.

  • This is just a domestic disturbance.

  • Then the disturbance remains fixed in space.

  • He determined, therefore, to oppose any further disturbance of the balance of power in favour of Germany, and when the treaty of Skierniewice expired in 1887 he declined to renew it.

  • The extent to which the disturbance spreads depends on the violence of the stimulationit may be confined to a few leaflets or it may extend to all the leaves of the plant.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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disturbance

Words Starting With D and Ending With E

Starts With D & Ends With EStarts With DI & Ends With EStarts With D & Ends With CE

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With D11 Letter Words Ending With E