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1
a place of uproar or confusion
- on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel
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- bedlam,
- circus,
- madhouse,
- scrum
- [British],
- three-ring circus
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2
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
- the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day
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- quietude,
- serenity,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
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“Babel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babel. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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