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ruction

English

Etymology

1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection. Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /???k.??n/
  • Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

ruction (plural ructions)

  1. A noisy quarrel or fight.
    • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 131]:
      “If you do want to go home, here’s your whip. Don’t fall off. Say to her you wanted it, or there might be ructions.”

Synonyms

  • (noisy quarrel): brawl, disturbance, fracas, row, uproar

Related terms

  • ruckus

Translations

References

  • ruction at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • ruction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • courtin', in court

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ruption

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruptio, from rumpere, ruptum (“to break”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???p??n/
  • Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

ruption (plural ruptions)

  1. A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
      by ruption or apertion

Anagrams

  • Puriton, uniport

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