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Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   informal: a noisy quarrel, fight, or angry disturbance

   A ruction broke out when both groups claimed the same campsite.

2. 2
   noun

   informal: a commotion, uproar, or period of serious trouble

   The policy change caused a considerable ruction within the committee.

Recorded in the early nineteenth century, of uncertain origin. It may be a shortened or altered form influenced by eruption or insurrection; its enduring informal senses concern noisy conflict and commotion.

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