What is the meaning of tumultuous?

adjective

  • Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.
    • usage: "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"
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