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View synonyms for ruction
ruction
[ ruhk-shuhn ]
noun
- a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
ruction
/ ˈrʌkʃən /
noun
- an uproar; noisy or quarrelsome disturbance
- plural a violent and unpleasant row; trouble
there'll be ructions when she finds out
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ruction1
First recorded in 1815–25; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ruction1
C19: perhaps changed from insurrection
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Example Sentences
That old man never would get it off him without a big ruction, and if he did, Dan would be right after him bigger'n a wolf.
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Fer me, I guess as we're well out of a ruction that looked at one time likely to get too hot fer anything.
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A ruction there could be heard way up and down the line, and would set people running.
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There'll be a ruction in this neighbourhood before many minutes.'
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But my friends know where I am an' they'll come down here an' raise a ruction if I don't show up.
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