Fracas

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  • noun. A noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel. synonym: brawl.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A disorderly noise or uproar; a brawl or noisy quarrel; a disturbance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. noisy quarrel
  • Word Usage
    "The housing-market uncertainty stemming from the foreclosure fracas is unabated, despite moves by Bank of America Corp. and GMAC to resume some suspended foreclosure sales."
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