| disturb | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ jolt | disturb (someone's) composure.; "The audience was jolted by the play" |
| ~ cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble | 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" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ distress | cause mental pain to.; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" |
| v. (contact) | 2. agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ scramble, beat | stir vigorously.; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
| ~ toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| ~ rile, roil | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. |
| ~ poke | stir by poking.; "poke the embers in the fireplace" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 3. disturb, touch | tamper with.; "Don't touch my CDs!" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ upset | disturb the balance or stability of.; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" |
| ~ violate | destroy.; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy" |
| v. (change) | 4. disturb, interrupt | destroy the peace or tranquility of.; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (change) | 5. disturb | damage as if by shaking or jarring.; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| raid | | |
| n. (act) | 1. foray, maraud, raid | a sudden short attack. |
| ~ air attack, air raid | an attack by armed planes on a surface target. |
| ~ penetration, incursion | an attack that penetrates into enemy territory. |
| ~ swoop | a very rapid raid. |
| n. (act) | 2. raid | an attempt by speculators to defraud investors. |
| ~ embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation, defalcation, misapplication | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else. |
| v. (social) | 3. bust, raid | search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on.; "The police raided the crack house" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| v. (motion) | 4. foray into, raid | enter someone else's territory and take spoils.; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" |
| ~ encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade | to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate.; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" |
| ~ maraud | raid and rove in search of booty.; "marauding rebels overran the countryside" |
| v. (possession) | 5. raid | take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock.; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies" |
| ~ take over, usurp, arrogate, seize, assume | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" |
| v. (contact) | 6. raid | search for something needed or desired.; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator" |
| ~ search | subject to a search.; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
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