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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from insurrection Date: circa 1825 1. a noisy fight 2. disturbance, uproar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. 1 a disturbance or tumult. 2 (in pl.) unpleasant arguments or reactions. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ruction Ruc"tion, n. An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ructions) If someone or something causes ructions, they cause strong protests, quarrels, or other trouble. (INFORMAL) Both activities have caused some ructions. N-COUNT: usu pl

Moby Thesaurus

affray, broil, bustle, clamor, clatter, donnybrook, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, hassle, hubbub, hurly-burly, melee, out, pother, storm, to-do