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Nouns (12)

n. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"

upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust

n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo

n. disturbance usually in protest

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Fuzzynyms (26)

storm, tempest

n. a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"

chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness

n. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray

n. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"

hole

n. a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"

tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil

n. a state of commotion and noise and confusion

revolution

n. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"

chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness

n. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom

n. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

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