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uproar

noun
  1. A condition of intense public interest or excitement: brouhaha, sensation, stir 1. Informal: to-do. Slang: hoo-hah. See excite
  2. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace: agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir 1, tumult, turbulence, turmoil. Informal: flap, to-do. See calm, order
  3. Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable: babel, clamor, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, pandemonium, racket, rumpus, tumult. See sounds
  4. Offensively loud and insistent utterances, especially of disapproval: clamor, hullabaloo, outcry, rumpus, vociferation. Idiom: hue and cry. See like, sounds

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