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Disturber

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dis·turb  (d-stûrb)
tr.v. dis·turbed, dis·turb·ing, dis·turbs
1. To break up or destroy the tranquillity or settled state of: "Subterranean fires and deep unrest disturb the whole area" Rachel Carson.
2. To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset.
3.
a. To interfere with; interrupt: noise that disturbed my sleep.
b. To intrude on; inconvenience: Constant calls disturbed her work.
4. To put out of order; disarrange.
[Middle English distourben, from Old French destourber, from Latin disturbre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin turbre, to agitate (from turba, confusion, probably from Greek turb).]
dis·turber n.
dis·turbing·ly adv.
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Noun1.disturber - a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler - someone who deliberately stirs up trouble


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Napoleon led six hundred thousand men into Russia and captured Moscow; then he suddenly ran away from Moscow, and the Emperor Alexander, helped by the advice of Stein and others, united Europe to arm against the disturber of its peace.
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He performed these various operations with so much mystery, activity, and generosity, that never was Fouquet, then laboring under an attack of fever, more nearly saved, except for the counteraction of that immense disturber of human projects, - chance.
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Delia was studying under Rosenstock--you know his repute as a disturber of the piano keys.
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