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turbulence
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tur·bu·lence
/ ˈtərbyələns/
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n.
violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other fluid:
the plane shuddered as it entered some turbulence.
∎ fig.
conflict; confusion:
a time of political turbulence.
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