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perturb
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Verb
  • throw into great confusion or disorder
    • Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt
  • cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull
    • The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet
  • disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
    • The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
  • disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
    • She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
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