See commotion in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The condition of being physically agitated:
agitation, convulsion, turbulence. See calmAn interruption of regular procedure or of public peace:
agitation, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir1, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar. (Informal) flap, to-do. See calm, order
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