Disturbance
noun
An interruption of a peaceful condition or a state of order.
The disturbance in the park attracted the attention of the police
Often appears as...
- create a disturbance
- cause a disturbance
noun
A problem that interrupts someone's life or an organized system.
Road works are causing severe traffic disturbances
Often appears as...
- traffic disturbance
- flight disturbance
noun
An event in which something is changed or affected drastically.
The disturbance in the ecosystem is causing a loss of biodiversity
Often appears as...
- disturbance in the ecosystem
- seismic disturbance
noun
Behavior or activity that is annoying or troublesome.
The neighbors were accused of causing a disturbance with their loud parties
Often appears as...
- public disturbance
- noise disturbance
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Formal
Legal
noun
An emotional or mental upset.
After the traumatic event, he experienced a severe mental disturbance
Often appears as...
- mental disturbance
- emotional disturbance
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Medical
noun
An interruption of a peaceful condition or a state of order.
The disturbance in the park attracted the attention of the police
Often appears as...
- create a disturbance
- cause a disturbance
noun
A problem that interrupts someone's life or an organized system.
Road works are causing severe traffic disturbances
Often appears as...
- traffic disturbance
- flight disturbance
noun
An event in which something is changed or affected drastically.
The disturbance in the ecosystem is causing a loss of biodiversity
Often appears as...
- disturbance in the ecosystem
- seismic disturbance
noun
Behavior or activity that is annoying or troublesome.
The neighbors were accused of causing a disturbance with their loud parties
Often appears as...
- public disturbance
- noise disturbance
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
An emotional or mental upset.
After the traumatic event, he experienced a severe mental disturbance
Often appears as...
- mental disturbance
- emotional disturbance
Usage tips
Medical
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Pro Tip 1/2Context Sensitivity
Understand surrounding context to determine if 'disturbance' indicates minor inconvenience or serious disorder.
The loud music caused a slight disturbance, unlike the protest which caused major uproar.
Pro Tip 2/2Public Space
'Disturbance' often refers to disruptions in areas like parks or streets which affect the community.
He was fined for creating a disturbance in a public space.
Pro Tip 1/2Context Sensitivity
Understand surrounding context to determine if 'disturbance' indicates minor inconvenience or serious disorder.
The loud music caused a slight disturbance, unlike the protest which caused major uproar.
Pro Tip 2/2Public Space
'Disturbance' often refers to disruptions in areas like parks or streets which affect the community.
He was fined for creating a disturbance in a public space.
Pro Tip 1/2Context Sensitivity
Understand surrounding context to determine if 'disturbance' indicates minor inconvenience or serious disorder.
The loud music caused a slight disturbance, unlike the protest which caused major uproar.
Pro Tip 2/2Public Space
'Disturbance' often refers to disruptions in areas like parks or streets which affect the community.
He was fined for creating a disturbance in a public space.
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Filming Birds of...
that looks promising you go there sort of midday you say this seems to be a perch where they've been with the help of the local people typically the people that own the land you build a hide and you'll maybe leave it a little bit of time you know after that sort of disturbance and then comes the big day where you're gonna check your hide you
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How trees talk to each...
Now, massive disturbance at this scale is known to affect hydrological cycles, degrade wildlife habitat, and emit greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere, which creates more disturbance and more tree diebacks. Not only that, we're continuing to plant one or two species and weed out the aspens and birches.
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Resilient people,...
a very important source of degrading carbon the largest source of carbon emissions in the world water scarcity loss of biodiversity this is copying nature with minimum disturbance this is a technology that is similar to the emerging satellites based computerized precision farming it's a knife that
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What is the Heisenberg...
Waves, on the other hand, are disturbances spread out in space, like ripples covering the surface of a pond. We can clearly identify features of the wave pattern as a whole, most importantly, its wavelength, which is the distance between two neighboring peaks, or two neighboring valleys.
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Protecting a Penguin...
she was the mother of the first chick ever hatched in the in this colony and we know everything about her life and we can discover many things that are very important to help er penguins uh thrive in these colonies for example for management plans to avoid disturbance of humans of human
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Meet the dazzling flying...
Skills learned include how to carry loads, how to cope with disturbances, and in general, how to interact with the physical world. Today we want to show you some new projects that we've been working on. Their aim is to push the boundary of what can be achieved with autonomous flight.
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Is marijuana bad for...
or life-threatening withdrawal symptoms if use stops. There are more subtle forms of marijuana withdrawal, though, including sleep disturbances, irritability, and depressed mood, which pass within a few weeks of stopping use. So is marijuana bad for your brain?
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Meet Spot, the robot dog...
but make them deal with the uncertainty of what happens in the real world. So we have Steve there, one of the engineers, giving the robot a hard time. And the fact that the programming still tolerates all that disturbance -- it does what it's supposed to.
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People and Bears Live in...
the valley is becoming so busy that there are people now who are choosing to recreation that opens up the whole forest to additional disturbance at a time when wildlife aren't expecting to see people around high human use
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Rescuing Adorable Grey...
them is to actually just let them have a natural life without being interfered from marine litter from public disturbance and just generally not getting in their way when we first get a puppy and we do a
Video examples
Filming Birds of...
that looks promising you go there sort of midday you say this seems to be a perch where they've been with the help of the local people typically the people that own the land you build a hide and you'll maybe leave it a little bit of time you know after that sort of disturbance and then comes the big day where you're gonna check your hide you
Video examples
How trees talk to each...
Now, massive disturbance at this scale is known to affect hydrological cycles, degrade wildlife habitat, and emit greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere, which creates more disturbance and more tree diebacks. Not only that, we're continuing to plant one or two species and weed out the aspens and birches.
Video examples
Resilient people,...
a very important source of degrading carbon the largest source of carbon emissions in the world water scarcity loss of biodiversity this is copying nature with minimum disturbance this is a technology that is similar to the emerging satellites based computerized precision farming it's a knife that
Video examples
What is the Heisenberg...
Waves, on the other hand, are disturbances spread out in space, like ripples covering the surface of a pond. We can clearly identify features of the wave pattern as a whole, most importantly, its wavelength, which is the distance between two neighboring peaks, or two neighboring valleys.
Video examples
Protecting a Penguin...
she was the mother of the first chick ever hatched in the in this colony and we know everything about her life and we can discover many things that are very important to help er penguins uh thrive in these colonies for example for management plans to avoid disturbance of humans of human
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
Skills learned include how to carry loads, how to cope with disturbances, and in general, how to interact with the physical world. Today we want to show you some new projects that we've been working on. Their aim is to push the boundary of what can be achieved with autonomous flight.
Video examples
Is marijuana bad for...
or life-threatening withdrawal symptoms if use stops. There are more subtle forms of marijuana withdrawal, though, including sleep disturbances, irritability, and depressed mood, which pass within a few weeks of stopping use. So is marijuana bad for your brain?
Video examples
Meet Spot, the robot dog...
but make them deal with the uncertainty of what happens in the real world. So we have Steve there, one of the engineers, giving the robot a hard time. And the fact that the programming still tolerates all that disturbance -- it does what it's supposed to.
Video examples
People and Bears Live in...
the valley is becoming so busy that there are people now who are choosing to recreation that opens up the whole forest to additional disturbance at a time when wildlife aren't expecting to see people around high human use
Video examples
Rescuing Adorable Grey...
them is to actually just let them have a natural life without being interfered from marine litter from public disturbance and just generally not getting in their way when we first get a puppy and we do a
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Haaz Sleiman
Lebanese Actor
Whenever you create some sort of disturbance in the air, there's an awakening that happens, an opportunity for a conversation, an opportunity to build bridges, specifically, an opportunity to connect different groups that typically wouldn't connect with one another.
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David D. Burns
Writer
Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you.
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional disturbance rather than really intense concentration. Concentration and flow is what it's all about.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
Our ability to predict how the federal funds rate will evolve over time is quite limited because monetary policy will need to respond to whatever disturbances may buffet the economy.
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John Cleveland
English Poet
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery.
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Anatole Broyard
American Critic
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.
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Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have at home and abroad.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
To write what is not dead on the page, one has to be open to all kinds of disturbances and challenges and confusion.
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Gauri Khan
Indian Producer
Too much clutter is a disturbance to the energy of a space for me. It's big no-no for me.
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Andrew Taylor Still
American Scientist
I have no desire to be a cat, which walks so lightly that it never creates a disturbance.
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Haaz Sleiman
Lebanese Actor
Whenever you create some sort of disturbance in the air, there's an awakening that happens, an opportunity for a conversation, an opportunity to build bridges, specifically, an opportunity to connect different groups that typically wouldn't connect with one another.
Quote examples
David D. Burns
Writer
Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you.
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional disturbance rather than really intense concentration. Concentration and flow is what it's all about.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
Our ability to predict how the federal funds rate will evolve over time is quite limited because monetary policy will need to respond to whatever disturbances may buffet the economy.
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John Cleveland
English Poet
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery.
Quote examples
Anatole Broyard
American Critic
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.
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Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have at home and abroad.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
To write what is not dead on the page, one has to be open to all kinds of disturbances and challenges and confusion.
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Gauri Khan
Indian Producer
Too much clutter is a disturbance to the energy of a space for me. It's big no-no for me.
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Andrew Taylor Still
American Scientist
I have no desire to be a cat, which walks so lightly that it never creates a disturbance.
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