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Disruptive

Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.

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Unquiet 84% connected

To disquiet.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Unquiet 84% connected

To disquiet.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Disrupt 74% connected

Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disrupt 74% connected

Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Riotous 92% connected

Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Troubled 92% connected

of Trouble

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tumultuous 92% connected

Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Turbulent 92% connected

Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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