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disorder noun ( ANGRY SITUATION )

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Definition

[U] an angry, possibly violent, expression of not being happy or satisfied about something, especially about a political matter, by crowds of people
The trial was kept secret because of the risk of public disorder.

(Definition of disorder noun (ANGRY SITUATION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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