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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹʌk.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted cinortuStarts with REnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the act of making a noisy disturbance

Word origin

1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection. Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.

Used in a sentence

  • If you do want to go home, here’s your whip. Don’t fall off. Say to her you wanted it, or there might be ructions.
  • She could see there were going to be ructions. Sure enough there'd be a scene between them, when Sebastian found what Tilly had been up to.
  • Although she acknowledged that the development of an opera house had caused considerable ructions in Australia, she nevertheless implied that its construction was a sort of coming-of-age for the rough antipodeans

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