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perturb
Throw into great confusion or disorder
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verb
Throw into great confusion or disorder
“Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order”
verb
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”
verb
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”
verb
Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
“The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion”
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Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet
The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
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