all hell breaks loose
informalIf all hell breaks loose, a situation suddenly becomes violent and noisy, especially with people arguing or fighting:
One policeman drew his gun and then suddenly all hell broke loose.
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Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- atrocious
- atrocity
- bellicose
- confrontation
- desperate
- forced
- forcible
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- gory
- hostile
- sabre-rattling
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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