noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cause chaos/disruption
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Floods caused chaos across much of the country.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
economic
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This will cause economic disruption comparable with a hike in oil prices or interest rates.
serious
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Whatever one's political leanings, the threat of serious disruption from the miners, union seemed quite evidently an ideological hangover.
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First, it is clear that psychotic illness involves, if nothing else, a serious disruption of brain activity.
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Under Chatichai such unions had wielded considerable power and had caused serious disruption to the government's privatization plans.
severe
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The accident, which left wreckage spread over a wide area, blocked the road causing severe traffic disruption .
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There was severe disruption to the gas, water and electricity supplies; the schools had all but disappeared.
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The severe disruption to the samian industry in Central Gaul caused an immediate diminution in high grade pottery production.
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The protesters have also staged go-slows and traffic disruptions on motorways, and caused severe disruption in Edinburgh and Liverpool.
social
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In addition, social disruption and discontent are said to be fostered by temporary visitors, and ghost communities may be created out-of-season.
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They very often impose large-scale social and environmental disruption on a society.
substantial
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The Court ruled that such speech could be punished even if it was not legally obscene and did not cause substantial disruption .
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Such speech is still protected by the First Amendment unless it causes substantial disruption or interferes with the rights of others.
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To support such action, officials would have to show that the publications caused or would probably cause substantial and material disruption .
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Can a teacher be punished if his or her use of approved materials causes substantial disruption in the community?
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The Tinker test would favor the students as long as there was no substantial or material disruption of schooling.
■ VERB
avoid
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Some parents moved their children to rural areas to avoid the disruption and continue their schooling.
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In order to avoid disruption of visitor's enjoyment, the work will be completed during the winter months.
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Second, governments have desired to avoid the politically damaging disruption of the network by industrial action.
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Routine maintenance work is often carried out in the early hours at the centre when workmen can avoid causing disruption to shoppers.
cause
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The one day strike will close many government offices causing massive disruption .
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Such speech is still protected by the First Amendment unless it causes substantial disruption or interferes with the rights of others.
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As a result they are less willing to accept the increasing costs caused by disruption and seek to recover them through claims.
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Not according to a Texas case where officials prohibited armbands because they expected those who opposed the armbands to cause disruption .
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Only minutes before the final whistle, Halliday weaved his way infield, causing the disruption from which Morris was to score.
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Can a teacher be punished if his or her use of approved materials causes substantial disruption in the community?
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At the time of the shooting the students were not rioting or causing civil disruption .
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Can educators regulate the contents of school-sponsored publications or plays even if they do not cause disruption ?
lead
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Change without unity would lead to disruption and chaos.
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Can officials always restrict symbols that might lead to disruption ?
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These could easily lead to the disruption of overseas markets and sources of raw materials.
minimise
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If you are considering going on secondment during term time it is obviously important to minimise disruption to the teaching programme.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The strike caused widespread disruption to flight schedules.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Except in very specific cases Sidonius's attitudes and style encourage the reader to see continuity where there may have been disruption .
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For sure she creates disruption , signifies abnormality, and incites lewdness in others.
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Such speech is still protected by the First Amendment unless it causes substantial disruption or interferes with the rights of others.
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There had been loss of shipping and sales of overseas assets, but there was no great disruption and dislocation.
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This is the altitude-related disruption of your autonomic breathing during sleep.
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To support such action, officials would have to show that the publications caused or would probably cause substantial and material disruption .
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Yet the disappointed applicant had an unfettered right to extend the period of disruption by appealing.