disturb
to interrupt peace or throw into disorder
Roots
- dis- / dif-: apart, away, not, reversal, or disruption
- turb: stir, disturb, throw into disorder, or make cloudy
Other words with the turb root
- imperturbable: calm and not easily disturbed
- perturb: to disturb greatly or unsettle
- turbid: cloudy, muddy, or confused
- turbulent: stirred up, disorderly, or violently unsettled
Disturb is the everyday doorway into turb: calm gets stirred until order breaks.
A late alert disturbed the quiet hour she had protected for review.