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Ruction

//ˈɹʌk.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A noisy quarrel or fight.

    "If you do want to go home, here’s your whip. Don’t fall off. Say to her you wanted it, or there might be ructions."

  2. 2
    the act of making a noisy disturbance wordnet

Etymology

1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection. Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.

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