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- adverb In a
disruptive manner
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- adverb in a disruptive manner
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Examples
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Sometimes a disruptively strong presence comes from a position of vulnerability, and once you have shown the learner that you are not intimidated, they will relax.
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Christmas is one of the few times Christians feel they have earned the right to ask odd questions, so if you can endure the occasional "How come y'all don't b-leeve in Jaysus?" or disruptively drunk co-worker, join a Christmas Eve party.
Hani Almadhoun: 10 Things to Help Muslims Survive Christmas Hani Almadhoun 2011
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On one hand, we have more and more private and military organizations coming to the conclusion that peak oil is imminent and will change everything, possibly disruptively.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Future Chaos: There Is No "Plan B" Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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Hodge suggests not only this, the content of the writer's work, but the farcical blackness of his voice, which Nicholas Hytner's production realises with tremendous flair: disruptively, cartoonishly, vigorously.
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We can pass along all of those savings to our customers, still make a fair margin on the products that we offer, and have it still be disruptively cheap -- calling to Europe for two cents a minute, for example.
Jim Luce: Connectivity Is Key To Social Change Jim Luce 2010
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These were the sensible but disruptively heretical views he took to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, a bureaucracy that, before he became its director in 1974, seemed promiscuously receptive to any treaty proposal the Soviets smiled on.
Fred Iklé: Missile Defense Champion Douglas J. Feith 2011
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One incident involved several students who partially undressed and acted disruptively during class, while the other involved students who engaged in oral sex, district officials said.
Oakland School District: 2nd Graders' Oral Sex 'Natural Curiosity That Went Too Far' AP 2011
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It's widely understood by many that Paul brought it up that particular epistle because there were a number of disruptively loud women in that congregation ruining it for everyone else.
Jan 09 Round Table: The New Testament for Windows, Mac OS and Linux Ben Abraham 2009
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One incident involved several students who partially undressed and acted disruptively during class, while the other involved students who engaged in oral sex, district officials said.
Oakland School District: 2nd Graders' Oral Sex 'Natural Curiosity That Went Too Far' AP 2011
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We can pass along all of those savings to our customers, still make a fair margin on the products that we offer, and have it still be disruptively cheap -- calling to Europe for two cents a minute, for example.
Jim Luce: Overcoming Barriers with Electronic Connectivity Jim Luce 2010
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