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[ adjective ] characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Synonyms Examples "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive" "riotous times" "these troubled areas" "the tumultuous years of his administration" "a turbulent and unruly childhood" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)That tumultuous , painful and costly experience shows clearly that a law expressing a moral judgment cannot be enforced when it has little correspondence with the general view of society . Related terms |
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