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Word entry · 7 letters

disturb

Best crossword clue

"Cause unrest"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈstɜːb/Part of speech verbSorted bdirstuStarts with DEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. damage as if by shaking or jarring

Word origin

From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH-, *(s)turH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Used in a sentence

  • The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam.
  • The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone.
  • A school of fish disturbed the water.

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