noun
- A disorderly outburst or tumult.
- usage: "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
- synonyms: disturbance, disruption, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
- The act of making a noisy disturbance.
- Confused movement.
- usage: "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
- synonyms: whirl
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