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[ noun ] a violent disturbance
Synonyms Examples "the convulsions of the stock market" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a disorderly outburst or tumult
Examples "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" Used in print ("Editorials"...)A British writer , Richard_Haestier , in a book , Dead_Men_Tell_Tales , recalls that in the turmoil preceding French_Revolution the body of Henry_/4 , , who had died nearly 180 years earlier , was torn to pieces by a mob . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Where their sharp edges seemed restless as sea waves thrusting themselves upward in angry motion , Papa-san sat glacier like , his smooth solidity , his very immobility defying all the turmoil about him . Related terms disorder convulsion tumult storm storm_center earthquake incident |
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[ noun ] violent agitation
Synonyms Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)No fold could be accidental , each turn of the drapery had to serve organically , to cover the Madonna 's slender legs and feet so that they would give substantive support to Christ 's body , to intensify her inner turmoil . Related terms |
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[ noun ] disturbance usually in protest
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