disturbance

/dɪˈstɜːbəns/ noun

Definition

INTERRUPTION [C, U] › something that interrupts what you are doing, especially something loud or annoying

FIGHTING [C] › when people fight or shout: A man was shot during a disturbance in King Street.

(Definition of disturbance noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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