verb
- Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
- usage: "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.
- usage: "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
- Cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.
- usage: "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"
- Throw into great confusion or disorder.
- usage: "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
- synonyms: derange, throw out of kilter
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