enturbulate

present singular third person enturbulates · participle present enturbulating · participle past enturbulated · past enturbulated

1. nonstandardTo agitate or disturb; to upset, harass.

   Underground armies operate in the large cities enturbulating the police with false information through anonymous phone calls and letters.

   1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, Grove Press, published 1992, →ISBN

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   If, sitting quietly, one concentrates one's complete attention on one's own voice the mantra, the worry and distress which continually enturbulate the mind will gradually subside and one will gradually be suffused with a deep calm.

   1976, Emma McLoy Layman, Buddhism in America, Nelson-Hall, →ISBN, page 86

   Synonyms: perturb, unsettle, agitate, freak, sting, bother, bring down, discompose