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disturb::verb | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | damage |
Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!.
Examples of disturb
disturb
However, the method can be uncomfortable and has the potential to disturb sleep.
From the upi.com
It's set in five acres of private parkland, so you won't disturb the neighbours.
From the guardian.co.uk
The more we disturb the natural ground cover, the more dust there is in the air.
From the denverpost.com
Gone wrong, however, they are the exact opposite and can even disturb the peace.
From the sacbee.com
Critics felt the blades would disturb the 100,000 tourists who visit every year.
From the economist.com
He stays first with his sister, but his screams in the night disturb her family.
From the boston.com
Although it does disturb his friends and fans to see him in such failing health.
From the guardian.co.uk
This has been offset greatly by the fact humans cannot hunt or disturb the fauna.
From the independent.co.uk
It wouldn't be any trouble, he'd been told, and it wouldn't disturb the cattle.
From the newscientist.com
- Move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
- Agitate: change the arrangement or position of
- Touch: tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
- Interrupt: destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
- Damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
- (disturbed) having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"
- (disturbed) disquieted: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the ...
- (disturbed) emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
- (disturbed) brainsick: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
