disturbancedis‧turb‧ance /dɪˈstɜːbəns $ -ɜːr-/ ●○○ noun 
There were disturbances in the crowd as fans left the stadium.create/cause a disturbance army training on controlling civil disturbance2[countable, uncountable] 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 disturbanceCOLLOCATIONSverbscause/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.adjectivesa 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.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A sheriff's deputy went to investigate a family disturbance.
- Henderson claims he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he attacked the woman.
- Israel was reported to be offering guidance to the army on controlling civil disturbances.
- Residents complained about the disturbance caused by the work on the roads.
- The government is introducing special new measures to deal with prison riots and disturbances.
- There is a fast-moving weather disturbance passing through Utah.
- There were minor disturbances in Amman during the recent by-elections.
- Few people were out around Snowdrop Street and Marsh Lane police station, the scene of the disturbances the night before.
- Furthermore, the importance of predation can be seen as yet another element in the disturbance picture.
- Hicks paused before ringing the bell; there was some disturbance of women inside.
- In New Orleans in May 1861, disturbances among the slave population were suppressed by the militia.
- The center had been created after disturbances caused by the questionnaires.
- Those with well defined social support networks illustrate lower rates of psychological disturbance than their more isolated counterparts.
Longman Language Activatora violent situation
a situation in which a large crowd of people is behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something: · More than 150 officers battled to end the riots outside the embassy.race riots (=between people of different races): · In 1943 there were violent race riots in Detroit in which 25 black people died.prison/student etc riots: · the student riots in Paris in the 1960sriots erupt/break out (=start suddenly and violently): · Riots erupted in the capital after police banned two anti-government demonstrations.put down a riot (=stop a riot): · The army was called in to put down the riots.riot police (=police whose job is to stop riots): · Riot police used tear gas against the protestors.
a social or political situation in which people protest and often behave violently: · In the unrest since January, 103 people have died.civil/industrial/political/social etc unrest: · The Foreign Office is advising people not to travel to the area, because of civil unrest.· a wave of nation-wide strikes and industrial unresta state of unrest: · For several weeks students at the university have been in a state of unrest.
a situation in which people fight or behave violently in public: · The government is introducing special new measures to deal with prison riots and disturbances.civil disturbances: · Israel was reported to be offering guidance to the army on controlling civil disturbances.minor/major disturbances: · There were minor disturbances in Amman during the recent by-elections.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Several people were arrested for creating a disturbance outside the embassy.
formal (=stop one)· Extra police were called to quell the disturbances.
(=starts)· A disturbance broke out between local youths and a group of sailors.
adjectives· Over a hundred people were injured during violent disturbances in the capital.
· There were serious disturbances in a number of British cities.
(=fighting between different groups of people in a country)· Two men had already been killed in civil disturbances.
(=about political ideas)· Political disturbances followed the announcement.
(=between people of different races)· Black people were still repressed and racial disturbances continued.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=civil unrest)· Troops have been called in to deal with civil disturbances.
Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.· The fundamental issue in the current debate is whether environmental lead causes intellectual impairment or behavioural disturbances in children.· The insidious course, the behavioural disturbances, and the distress of Alzheimer's disease make this uncommon.· It was concluded that good schools can, and do, exert an important protective effect against behavioural disturbance.· This progress occurs regardless of whether a child shows emotional and behavioural disturbance.
· He had chosen November 5 as a traditional day of civil disturbance.
· This progress occurs regardless of whether a child shows emotional and behavioural disturbance.· Work inhibition is not caused by severe emotional disturbance.· In other children the soiling indicates a marked level of emotional disturbance.· No one should shoot up drugs because addiction, poor health, family disruption, emotional disturbances and death could follow.· Parents of other children who had had polio told them to expect this emotional disturbance to last as long as six months.
· This action provoked further disturbances on the streets of Karachi and in other towns and cities.· In their existing forms, reforms looked likely to lead to social unrest and further disturbances.
· Physical disability or mental disturbance can lead to difficulties shopping for food, and in its preparation and cooking.· She needed to learn as much as she could about this area of mental disturbance.· Here he first showed signs of mental disturbance.· But for every death there are at least 100 other people who suffer severe mental disturbances.· A thought-provoking look at the ever-growing affliction of mental disturbance.· Davis etal reviewed 157 necropsy-proven cases of multiple sclerosis and found 47% of patients with a mental disturbance.
· The Tambov revolt and other peasant disturbances were soon contained and squashed.· This brief was subsequently widened to cover the occurrence of other disturbances during July 1981.
· Determinants of childhood disorder Emotional and conduct disorders are the most frequently encountered psychiatric disturbances of childhood.· The prevalence of this dimension of psychiatric disturbance in institutions has not been reported.· Is it the specific disorder, a particular personality trait associated with the disorder, or a general vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance?
· Along with hate crimes, police violence and abuse continued to incite racial disturbances in the early 1980s.
· In July 1985 two serious disturbances occurred in Handsworth, but both were played down and went unreported in the media.· Does he further accept that the report identifies that there has been serious disturbance in primary schools in recent years?· For example, brain damage commonly leads to serious disturbances of memory.
NOUN· But the sharp decline in peasant disturbances in the pre-war years pointed to peaceful development.· The Tambov revolt and other peasant disturbances were soon contained and squashed.· The sharp rise in peasant disturbances between 1857 and 1859 underlined the dangers of an excessively harsh settlement.· Troops had to be used on a wide scale in the countryside and peasant disturbances continued through 1906 and into 1907.
· For example, faecal incontinence and sleep disturbance are often associated with the breakdown of caring arrangements leading to hospitalisation.· These include bloating, changes in appetite, and sleep disturbances.· There is some evidence that sleep disturbance in normal old men is more frequent than in normal old women.· Now her symptoms include thinking and memory problems, sleep disturbances, heart palpitations, dizziness and weakness, Lopez said.
VERB· The nesting trunk in the aviary is carefully screened to avoid disturbance.· It is best done at this stage to avoid unnecessary disturbance later on.
· They then distort the long-wave pattern which is controlling them, causing the next short-wave disturbances to move differently.· Work inhibition is not caused by severe emotional disturbance.· In 1957, Paisley and Wylie were charged with causing a disturbance in Donaghadee by preaching through a loud hailer.· Thus, clinical disorders of volume are caused by disturbances of salt balance.· This may cause disturbances in the basic organization.· The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea.· Binge-eating can cause menstrual disturbances, acute swelling of the stomach and also salivary gland enlargement.· One athlete in particular, however, has caused more of a disturbance with his seeming lack of concern.
· But, as you will realise, the act of digging down towards the rabbit creates a lot of disturbance and vibration.· Here to pester the animals, create the routine disturbances that made up their days.· Paddington Station; it always creates a disturbance in me.· The center had been created after disturbances caused by the questionnaires.· Some say that the rising number of people in an area is bound to create occasional disturbances.
· These include a disturbance of oestrogen metabolism and a fault in oestrogen feedback to the hypothalamus.· Other side effects include gastrointestinal disturbance, drowsiness, hair loss, and peripheral edema.· Several theories of planetary formation include the possibility of disturbance to axial spins during the late stages of formation of a planet.· The symptoms in case 2, which included gastrointestinal and autonomic disturbance, closely resembled those reported in past cases of mercury intoxication.· Threats to its survival include habitat change, disturbance, egg collecting and severe winters.· These would include access, environmental disturbance and noise, water levels and assured flow for water sweetening and so on.
· For example, brain damage commonly leads to serious disturbances of memory.· He points out that sensory deprivation often leads to disturbances in perception and thinking.
· Extra police were called to quell the disturbance when, without provocation, Williamson punched Mr Coulthard.· Or at least we would have had action to quell disturbances earlier.· Extra police were called to quell the disturbance.· As the measures of repression by the government grew, it became necessary to use the army to quell strikes and disturbances.· According to Western press reports five people were killed and 200 injured as riot police tried to quell disturbances in Dhaka.
WORD FAMILYadjectivedisturbed ≠ undisturbeddisturbingnoundisturbanceverbdisturbadverbdisturbingly
1[countable, uncountable] 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 disturbance2[countable, uncountable] 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 disturbanceCOLLOCATIONSverbscause/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.adjectivesa 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.