perturb
verb (used with object)
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
perturbator
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a word derived from
perturb.
Example Sentences
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Man's life is a mull, at the best; And the patent perturbator pills are like bullets of lead in my chest.
From The Heptalogia by Algernon Charles Swinburne
“And a perturbator of the Queen’s peace, Aunt Rachel!”
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
John Shakespeare was imprisoned in Colchester gaol as a perturbator of the King's peace, March 3rd, 4 Richard II.,
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
