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noun actions that upset the normal state of sb/sth ADJ. considerable, major, serious | minimal, minimum, minor, slight QUANT. level an unacceptable level of disturbance to occupiers of adjacent properties VERB + DISTURBANCE cause, create, make The traffic causes serious disturbance to residents. | suffer | prevent She moved the nest very carefully to prevent disturbance to the birds. PREP. without ~ a place where you can work without disturbance | ~ from disturbance from noisy lorries | ~ of the major disturbance of marine life caused by oil spillages | ~ to Buildings should create minimum disturbance to the environment. violent public event ADJ. serious The decision led to serious disturbances in all the country's main cities. | violent | public | crowd, mass | serious | civil, ethnic, political, racial, social | inner city, rural, urban VERB + DISTURBANCE cause, give rise to, lead to, provoke, trigger (off) He was arrested and charged with causing a disturbance in a public place. An influx of refugees has triggered off disturbances. | be involved in Large numbers of workers involved in the disturbances have been arrested. | deal with, put down, quell Troops were brought in to put down the disturbance. DISTURBANCE + VERB occur | involve sb disturbances involving members of a crowd of 550 demonstrators PREP. during/in a/the ~ Several people were injured during a disturbance in the capital city. | ~ among There had been violent disturbances among the prisoners. | ~ between disturbances between members of two rival factions PHRASES a disturbance of the peace The government advocated strong action against Mussolini's disturbance of the peace. emotional/physical upset ADJ. serious, severe | behavioural, emotional, mental, psychiatric, psychological teenagers suffering from a kind of psychological disturbance | bowel, menstrual | sleep VERB + DISTURBANCE suffer from PREP. ~ in a disturbance in liver function behavioural disturbances in children
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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disturbance
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.
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