Definition of commotion

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Commotion (n.) A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.

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Upstir :: Upstir (n.) Insurrection; commotion; disturbance.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Tumult :: Tumult (n.) Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements..
Sedition :: Sedition (n.) The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority..
Stirrer :: Stirrage (n.) The act of stirring; stir; commotion.
Agitation :: Agitation (n.) The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation..
Effervescency :: Effervescency (n.) A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid..
Embroil :: Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
Clatter :: Clatter (n.) Commotion; disturbance.
Toss :: Toss (v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
Turmoil :: Turmoil (v. t.) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
Disturbance :: Disturbance (n.) Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions..
Tumultuation :: Tumultuation (n.) Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle..
Furore :: Furore (n.) Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.
Seethe :: Seethe (v. i.) To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Turmoil :: Turmoil (v. i.) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
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