disturbance
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Synonyms
ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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The writer’s task, Obreht knows, is to untether oneself from predetermined notions and stand like young Toby before old disturbances, imagining that something wholly unfamiliar might still be encountered in the distance. — Francisco Cantú, The New Yorker, "Téa Obreht Reimagines the Western," 12 Aug. 2019 Three people were taken into custody early Monday at Encore Boston Harbor following separate disturbances at the casino, according to State Police. — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, "A rough morning at Encore: Casino sees multiple disturbances, arrests," 12 Aug. 2019 Solar wind screams past Earth at a million miles per hour, and disturbances can cause disruptive space weather that affects our planet. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Parker Solar Probe sends back images from its orbits of the sun," 12 Aug. 2019 His only prior arrests were for disturbances related to protests. — Jeff Roberson, Fortune, "In Ferguson, Varying Views on the Legacy of Aug. 9, 2014," 9 Aug. 2019 In both younger and older kids, anxiety may cause concentration problems or sleep disturbances. — Tamekia Reece, Good Housekeeping, "How to Spot and Treat Anxiety in Kids, According to Child Psychologists," 7 Aug. 2019 Mental stress and emotional disturbance can be a factor in a mass shooting. — oregonlive.com, "Are video games or mental illness causing America’s mass shootings? No, research shows.," 5 Aug. 2019 Police charged a Rio Hondo man, 30, with assault and public intoxication after a disturbance July 28 in the parking lot of Friends Pub, 2407 W. Parkwood Ave. — Jennifer James, Houston Chronicle, "Forgotten iPhone leads to arrest of woman with counterfeit money, Friendswood police say," 1 Aug. 2019 Rehermann and her colleagues found that clean lab mice have highly unstable microbiomes that change dramatically in response to disturbances as small as moving their cages from one room to another. — Nicolas Rivero, Quartz, "Dirtier lab mice could make drug trials more reliable," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disturbance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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