Definition of pandemonium
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: a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
- Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.
- The game is stopped on account of pandemonium: players and spectators are screaming and staggering around the court …
- —Darcy Frey
- It is obvious that pandemonium would exist at most uncontrolled airports if every pilot did not conscientiously follow the traffic pattern.
- —Joseph W. Benkert
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capitalized
: the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
