disruption
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(noun) the act of causing disorder |
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Synonyms: perturbation |
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Related Words: breakdown, dislocation, disturbance, surprisal, surprise, surprising |
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(noun) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity |
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Synonyms: dislocation |
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Related Words: abrupt change, break, interruption |
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(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
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Synonyms: commotion, disturbance, hurly burly, stir, to-do, turmoil |
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Related Words: disorder, garboil, incident, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar |
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(noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks" |
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Synonyms: break, gap, interruption |
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Related Words: abruption, barracking, breaking off, delay, detention, heckling, holdup, interjection, interpolation, interposition |
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