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# disturbances

«disturbances» in Mova's school dictionary: **things that disturb or interrupt (noise, interruptions)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (disturbance, disturbances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) things that disturb or interrupt (noise, interruptions). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#m1)

2) (euphemism, official, UK) riots, fights or violent protests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

News, police and government use «disturbances» to describe street violence calmly; also normal word for noise or trouble. Official, UK mainly.

### examples

- Police were called to disturbances in the city centre last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#x1)
- Sorry for the disturbance, I just need a pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#x2)
- The noise disturbances kept the neighbours awake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#x3)
- There were disturbances after the football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#x4)
- The hotel apologised for the disturbance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#x5)
- The report described the riots as «disturbances». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/#x6)

### note

Trap: often just noise or interruption. In news about streets and police, it means riots.

### In the corpora

- ["Disturbances" means riots (UK).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disturbances» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disturbances/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.