noun
- A state of agitation or turbulent change or development.
- usage: "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"
- synonyms: agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest
- A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol.
- synonyms: zymosis, zymolysis, fermenting, ferment
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