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disturbance
A	noun
	1	disturbance
			the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move; motility ╚disturbance ╚upset; derangement; overthrow ╚rampage; violent disorder ╚outburst; tumultuous disturbance ╚agitation; excitement; turmoil; upheaval; hullabaloo ╚melee; scrimmage; battle royal ╚havoc; mayhem ╚furor; furore ╚commotion; din; ruction; ruckus; rumpus; tumult ╚disruption; perturbation ╚disorganization; disorganisation ╚circus; carnival
	2	affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle
			a noisy fight
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚conflict; struggle; battle ╚fight; fighting; combat; scrap ╚affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle
	3	perturbation, disturbance
			activity that is an intrusion or interruption; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚perturbation, disturbance ╚magnetic storm ╚fuss; trouble; bother; hassle
	4	noise, interference, disturbance
			electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚trouble ╚noise, interference, disturbance ╚static; atmospherics; atmospheric static ╚jitter ╚fadeout ╚crosstalk; XT ╚background; background signal ╚clutter
	5	disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
			a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
		Category Tree: state ╚disorder ╚disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle ╚tumult; tumultuousness; uproar; garboil ╚storm center; storm centre ╚storm; tempest ╚incident ╚earthquake ╚convulsion; turmoil; upheaval
	6	mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
			(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚disorder; upset ╚mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie ╚neurosis; neuroticism; psychoneurosis ╚schizothymia ╚affective disorder; major affective disorder; emotional disorder; emotional disturbance ╚personality disorder ╚folie a deux ╚encopresis ╚delusional disorder ╚delirium ╚conversion disorder; conversion reaction; conversion hysteria ╚aberration ╚psychosomatic disorder ╚anxiety disorder
	7	disturbance, perturbation, upset
			an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚psychological state; mental state ╚agitation ╚disturbance, perturbation, upset

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