temporary disruption

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryanddisruption

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/
us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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disruption
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪsˈrʌp.ʃən/
us
/dɪsˈrʌp.ʃən/
the action of preventing something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or ...
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(Definition oftemporaryanddisruptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For the population of drug users, imprisonment is atemporarydisruptionof their drug use.
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Many agricultural operations cause thetemporarydisruptionor blocking of a footpath, but the footpath is restored and reopened.
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Absence from work through injury or sickness is a greater hardship to the workman and his family than thetemporarydisruptionof a work plan may be for his employer.
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I think that we have gone as far as we reasonably can, consistent with our responsibility for maintaining efficiency in spite of the inevitabletemporarydisruption.
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The phased closure is part of the risk reduction strategy to counter thetemporarydisruptionin the issuing of medals that may occur during the actual move.
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Ilinx creates atemporarydisruptionof perception, as with vertigo, dizziness, or disorienting changes in direction of movement.
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These occur when cortical neurons fire excessively, hypersynchronously, or both, leading totemporarydisruptionof normal brain function.
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Removing hens or roosters from a flock causes atemporarydisruptionto this social order until a new pecking order is established.
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One effect of equinoctial periods is thetemporarydisruptionof communications satellites.
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His experiments with hypnosis have helped clarify how some hypnotic inductions with certain subjects create atemporarydisruptionin episodic memory and undermine reality testing.
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Although many derailments are minor, all result intemporarydisruptionof the proper operation of the railway system, and they are potentially seriously hazardous to human health and safety.
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