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uproar

up·roar [ úp ràwr ] (plural up·roars)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. noisy disturbance: a loud or noisy disturbance

2. argument: a heated or intense controversy

[Early 16th century. By folk etymology < Middle Low German uprōr or Dutch oproer "stirring up"]
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