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An event or change that interrupts order, peace, or normal functioning.
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Words that belong together
- unexplained disturbance
- nocturnal disturbance
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An unexplained disturbance woke the household.
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- disturbance
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Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular disturbance; plural disturbances. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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