unrestnoun [ U ]
uk/ʌnˈrest/us/ʌnˈrest/C2 disagreements or fighting between different groups of people:
It is feared that the civil unrest we are now witnessing in this country could lead to full-scale civil war.
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Social order & disorder
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchy
- ASBO
- breach
- disturb
- havoc
- instability
- lawless
- mayhem
- organized chaos
- pandemonium
- strife
- tinderbox
- turbulence
- turbulent
- turmoil
- upheaval
- water cannon
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