uproar

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UP'ROAR, noun Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor. The Jews who believed not - set all the city in an uproar Acts 17:5. Horror thus prevail'd, and wild uproar UPROAR, verb transitive To throw into confusion. [Not in use.]
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