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1. A violent disturbance
   "the turmoils of the stock market";
   - convulsion, upheaval
    
2. Violent agitation
   - tumult
    
3. Disturbance usually in protest
   - agitation, excitement, upheaval, hullabaloo, hullaballoo

Derived forms: turmoils

Type of: agitation, carry-on [Brit], commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do

Encyclopedia: Turmoil