disruptive element
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdisruptiveandelement
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disruptive
adjective
uk/dɪsˈrʌp.tɪv/us/dɪsˈrʌp.t̬ɪv/
causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing ...
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element
noun
uk/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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For unless pain is structured, assimilated, and given meaning within the network of cultural symbols, responses, and social ties, it might be adisruptiveelement.
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He was, therefore, marked as adisruptiveelementof the established social order and a severe danger to its stability.
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Thedisruptiveelementwas replaced by a vociferous commitment to learning and displayed a strong creative urge.
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Second, they will form adisruptiveelementin class and thus interfere with the education of other children.
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I shall make progress with my speech now and take no more interventions from thedisruptiveelementthat is trying to prevent me from speaking.
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Finally, in this part of my speech let me mention briefly thedisruptiveelement.
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So, in our part of the country, it is no excuse to say that boundary revision will be adisruptiveelement.
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Could he give us any idea of what he would think would be adisruptiveelementby way of imports?
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The profit element is the onedisruptiveelementleft in the whole field of industrial relationships.
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Those who have been involved in running a training course know that anyone who is there against his or her will is an extremelydisruptiveelement.
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Teachers have been put into a serious situation in trying to handle a growingdisruptiveelementin schools.
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The explosion of video on the net is anotherdisruptiveelement.
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The method of working involves several obstacles or disruptive elements.
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I have heard from teachers who had to stop teaching practical science with disruptive elements in the class, for health and safety reasons alone.
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Much has been said in the debate about disruptive elements in our schools.
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Having one or two disruptive elements in a large class in a laboratory can be an absolute nightmare.
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They are delayed by disruptive elements who are no friends of the port workers, but those elements are not as strong as they were.
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They also know how to deal with the disruptive elements.
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I would take him much more seriously if action were taken to get rid of those disruptive elements.
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I recognise that there are disruptive elements in society, either because of ideological motives, or for some other purpose—even a sinister purpose.
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