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disturbs the peace

disturbs the peace is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 disturbs the peace

What is disturbs the peace the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disturbs the peace is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disturb the peace.

Words near disturbs the peace in the dictionary

  1. disturbing
  2. disturbing the peace
  3. disturbingly
  4. disturbingness
  5. disturbs
  6. disturbs the peace
  7. disturn
  8. disturned
  9. disturning
  10. disturnpike
  11. disturnpiked

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