pandemonium

noun

ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm How to pronounce pandemonium (audio)
Definition of pandemoniumnext
1
as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity Christmas morning at our house is always marked by pandemonium

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2
as in hell
capitalized the place of punishment for the wicked after death a surrealist painting in which all the torments of Pandemonium are vividly depicted

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Recent Examples of pandemonium Right after Canada finished its first knockout match victory in a World Cup, coach Jesse Marsch huddled his players on the grass of a stadium still in pandemonium and spoke from his heart — shouted, actually. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 Right after Canada finished its first knockout match victory in a World Cup, coach Jesse Marsch huddled his players on the grass of a stadium still in pandemonium and spoke from his heart — shouted, actually. — ABC News, 28 June 2026 Prepare for pandemonium on Centre Court — surely? — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 27 June 2026 Amid the pandemonium, heritage protection took a backseat. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pandemonium
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  1. commotion
  2. hell
  3. disturbance
  4. inferno
  5. stir
  6. underworld
  7. turmoil
  8. hurry
Noun
  • Delhi Police said Wangchuk was taken to hospital after his health worsened during the hunger strike, and that a brief commotion occurred when some protesters tried to block the move.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The commotion was so loud that Netanyahu left the chamber, sitting out the vote entirely.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of commotion
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  • When the typewriter was first invented, writers kicked hell and said, The thing is writing.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • The cast, of course, knew that experience of family as heaven, hell and somewhere in between.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Definition of hell
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  • The untethered AUVs hover above the seabed instead of dragging equipment across it, reducing sediment disturbance and limiting ecosystem disruption.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • The Saharan Air Layer can suppress thunderstorm development and increase atmospheric stability across parts of the tropical Atlantic, temporarily reducing the odds that disturbances develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 14 July 2026
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  • Sunday’s temperature for the men’s final is forecast to be around 82 degrees—hot, yes, but nothing like the inferno that was Paris—and so external factors would seem to be at a minimum.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • At least 12 people have been killed in one of southern Spain’s worst-ever wildfires, local officials said Friday, as tragic stories emerge of victims’ attempts to flee the inferno.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of inferno
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  • The interview caused a stir at the time and, inevitably, led to all sorts of comments about a monosyllabic footballer.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Lasser also famously caused a stir among the Saturday Night Live cast near the end of season 1, and was married to Woody Allen from 1966-1970.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026
Definition of stir
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  • Moreover, a host of unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 2026
  • Miles eventually gets pulled into the local chapter of the Jeremiah Wylkes Society, whose mission is to investigate its 19th-century namesake’s contention that there is a hidden entrance to a spectacular underworld nearby.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026
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  • The weaker economic data is a sign that sluggish consumption at home is outweighing recent strength in Chinese exports, and the nation is not immune from the economic turmoil caused by the war in Iran.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts, sending waves through the markets.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of turmoil
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  • The reader identifies with each friend in turn, then hurries to find out if the other friend understood, disagreed, helped, explained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Hargrave also had 31 total pressures, 24 hurries, three quarterback hits and forced one fumble.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of hurry

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