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as in brawls
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
the ruction ended with everyone involved getting arrested
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2
as in commotions
a state of noisy, confused activity
the ruction outside the door prompted me to investigate what was going on
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ructions
Noun
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Bond's relative lack of experience and finesse also feeds into the chaos of all-out brawls.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026 -
Viral kindergarten graduation brawls are back.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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How Uber is navigating clashes with trial attorneys, assault lawsuits and competition.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Over the years, city leaders and residents have raised concerns about large, unsupervised gatherings leading to violence and other disturbances during warmer months.—
Darius Johnson,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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At the time, authorities said several other disturbances broke out as hundreds of people on the beach attempted to leave simultaneously, officials noted.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Charles Melton plays an American GI named Private K who’s trying to locate his daughter and keeps getting into bloody altercations.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The cases stemmed from a series of allegations, each made that the other acted violently in a series of altercations that month.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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The cars have also has been outfitted with improved lidar that can see through heavy rain and snow conditions, and have upgraded audio receivers that can better hear sirens and and other noises, the company said.—
Jennifer Elias,MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Big props also to editor Greg Ng, VFX supervisor Edward Douglas and the appropriate electronic score from Parsons and Edo van Breeman that accompanies this bizarro land full of constant noises that offer clues for what lies within these walls and behind these doors — or not.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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“Ructions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ructions. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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