turmoil
/ˈtɜr·mɔɪl/ n [U]Definition
› a state of extreme confusion, uncertainty, or lack of order: Her mind was in turmoil. She grew up in the turmoil of the 1960s.
(Definition of turmoil n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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