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disturbance

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dis‧turb‧ance /dɪˈstɜːbəns $ -ɜːr-/ noun
1[uncountable and countable] formal a situation in which people behave violently in public:
There were disturbances in the crowd as fans left the stadium.
create/cause a disturbance
army training on controlling civil disturbance
2[uncountable and countable] something that interrupts what you are doing, or the act of making this happen:
We arrange the work so there’s as little disturbance as possible.
disturbance to
When a helicopter lands, it can cause a disturbance to local residents.
3[uncountable] a medical condition in which someone is mentally ill and does not behave normally:
a history of mental disturbance
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
cause/create a disturbance Several people were arrested for creating a disturbance outside the embassy.
quell a disturbance formal (=stop one) Extra police were called to quell the disturbances.
a disturbance breaks out (=starts) A disturbance broke out between local youths and a group of sailors.
adjectives
a violent disturbance Over a hundred people were injured during violent disturbances in the capital.
a serious disturbance There were serious disturbances in a number of British cities.
a civil disturbance (=fighting between different groups of people in a country) Two men had already been killed in civil disturbances.
a political disturbance (=about political ideas) Political disturbances followed the announcement.
a racial disturbance (=between people of different races) Black people were still repressed and racial disturbances continued.

Disturbance People Civil Political Countable Formal Behave Local