Major unrest Crossword Clue

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TURMOIL

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(noun)
1. a violent disturbance
2. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

UNREST (noun)
1. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
2. a feeling of restless agitation
MAJOR (noun)
1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
MAJOR (adjective)
1. greater in number or size or amount
2. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
MAJOR (verb)
1. have as one’s principal field of study

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TURMOIL
(7 letters)

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