Collocations for disturbance - noun

great, major, serious
minimal, minimum, minor, slight
environmental, physical
environmental disturbances caused by roads and traffic

level
an unacceptable level of disturbance to our staff

cause, create, make
The traffic causes serious disturbance to residents.

experience, suffer
feel, sense
Fish can sense disturbances in the water.

minimize
reduce
prevent
She moved the nest very carefully to prevent disturbance to the birds.

without disturbance
a place where you can work without disturbance

disturbance from
disturbance from noisy traffic

disturbance of
the disturbance of marine life caused by oil spillages

disturbance to
Buildings should create minimum disturbance to the environment.

serious
The decision led to serious disturbances in all the country's main cities.

violent
public
crowd (BrE)
civil, political, racial, social
domestic (BrE, AmE)
Police had been called to a domestic disturbance.

cause, give rise to, lead to, trigger
He was arrested and charged with causing a disturbance.
An influx of refugees has triggered disturbances in the city.

be involved in
Large numbers of workers involved in the disturbances have been arrested.

deal with, put down, quell
Troops were brought in to put down the disturbance.

occur
involve sb
disturbances involving members of a crowd of 550 demonstrators

during a/the disturbance, in a/the disturbance
Several people were injured during a disturbance in the capital city.

disturbance among
There had been violent disturbances among the prisoners.

disturbance between
disturbances between members of two rival factions

a disturbance of the peace (law, esp. BrE) (usually disturbing the peace in AmE)

serious, severe
behavioural/behavioral, emotional, mental, psychiatric, psychological
teenagers suffering from a psychological disturbance

menstrual, visual
sleep
mood, personality

experience, have, suffer from
9% of children have a serious emotional disturbance.

report
Many patients reported sleep disturbances after taking the drug.

disturbance in
a disturbance in liver function
emotional disturbances in children