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disordering
The removal of order
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  1. The removal of order
splitting
An instance where something splits.
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  1. An instance where something splits.
  2. (Chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.
  3. (Psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
severance
The act of severing or the state of being severed.
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  1. The act of severing or the state of being severed.
  2. A severing or cutting off; in criminal law the process of bringing a particular charge out of many so that only one issue, or a few closely related ones, is before the jury at a time, while reserving the right to bring other charges later; the separating of the claims of two or more parties for any of a number of reasons; the ending of a joint tenancy.
  3. A separation.
separation
The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
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  1. The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
  2. A formal legal severing of the relations between spouses that does not dissolve the marriage as in divorce.
  3. The condition of being so sorted or distinguished:
disorder
An upset of normal function; ailment
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  1. An upset of normal function; ailment
  2. An ailment that affects the function of mind or body:
  3. A condition characterized by lack of normal functioning of physical or mental processes:
disturbance
The condition of being disturbed:
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  1. The condition of being disturbed:
  2. Mental or emotional unbalance or disorder.
  3. Commotion; disorder
agitation
The stirring up of public interest in a matter of controversy, such as a political or social issue.
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  1. The stirring up of public interest in a matter of controversy, such as a political or social issue.
  2. Extreme emotional disturbance; perturbation.
  3. Emotional disturbance or excitement
disorganization
The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
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  1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
  2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.
upset
The act of upsetting or the condition of being upset:
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  1. The act of upsetting or the condition of being upset:
  2. A condition of indigestion:
  3. An upsetting or being upset
break
Break dancing.
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  1. Break dancing.
  2. An escape:
  3. The result of breaking, as a crack, separation, or opening:
discontinuance
(Law) The plaintiff's failure to proceed in a legal action.
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  1. (Law) The plaintiff's failure to proceed in a legal action.
  2. A stopping or being stopped; cessation or interruption
  3. (Law) The stopping of a legal action prior to trial, either voluntarily by the plaintiff or by order of the court
discontinuation
Discontinuance
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  1. Discontinuance
  2. A cessation; a discontinuance.
  3. Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.
discontinuity
A usually uneven surface between two layers of rock or sediment that represents either an interruption in the deposition of the layers, as in an unconformity, or a displacement of one or both layers relative to each other, as in a fault.
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  1. A usually uneven surface between two layers of rock or sediment that represents either an interruption in the deposition of the layers, as in an unconformity, or a displacement of one or both layers relative to each other, as in a fault.
  2. (Geology) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
  3. A break or gap.
interruption
An interrupting or being interrupted
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  1. An interrupting or being interrupted
  2. Anything that interrupts
  3. The interval during which something is interrupted; intermission
pause
A stop or break in speaking or reading, which clarifies meaning
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  1. A stop or break in speaking or reading, which clarifies meaning
  2. A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect:
  3. (Prosody) A rhythm break or caesura
suspension
The act or means of suspending the balance or pendulum in a timepiece
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  1. The act or means of suspending the balance or pendulum in a timepiece
  2. (Chem.) The condition of a substance whose particles are dispersed through a fluid but not dissolved in it, esp. the condition of one having relatively large particles that will separate out on standing
  3. A mixture in which small particles of a substance are dispersed throughout a gas or liquid. If a suspension is left undisturbed, the particles are likely to settle to the bottom. The particles in a suspension are larger than those in either a colloid or a solution. Muddy water is an example of a suspension.
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  • 2 5, 1 534), the complete disruption of the Church seemed inevitable.

  • The Disruption left the Church of Scotland in a sadly maimed condition.

  • To his insistence in 1860 that the Democratic party should support his claim to the protection of slavery in the territories by the Federal government, the disruption of that party was in large measure due.

  • When the disruption came the principles at stake were keenly canvassed in Ellon, and eventually Andrew Davidson, senior, went with the Free Church.

  • There was, at first, when Alexander suddenly died in 323, no overt disruption of the empire.

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