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disturbed the peace

disturbed the peace is the simple past and past participle of disturb the peace.

Meaning of disturb the peace

Verb

disturb the peace (third-person singular simple present disturbs the peace, present participle disturbing the peace, simple past and past participle disturbed the peace)

  1. To behave in an inappropriately violent, noisy, or disruptive manner in public.
    • The bare dozen passengers the station sees in a month do little to disturb the peace.1939 July, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Port Victoria”, in Railway Magazine, page 67

Questions about disturbed the peace

What is disturbed the peace the simple past and past participle of?
Disturbed the peace is the simple past and past participle of disturb the peace.

Words near disturbed the peace in the dictionary

  1. disturbative
  2. disturbaunce
  3. disturbaunces
  4. disturbe
  5. disturbed
  6. disturbed the peace
  7. disturbedly
  8. disturber
  9. disturbers
  10. disturbest
  11. disturbeth

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