verb : PERTURBS
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" ;
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2. (
) disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" ;
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3. (
) cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" ;
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4. (
) throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order" ;
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