WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

• (nexus)- a means of connection; tie; link, ( ; ; ); A possible
drug nexus is the focus of a murder investigation;
din = commotion = tumult = pandemonium = bedlam = chaos = shambles ~
topsy-turvydom = turmoil = hullabaloo = agitation = upheaval = turbulence =
sturm und drang ~ mayhem = havoc ~ uproar = garboil = brouhaha = hubbub =
hue and cry > hue
• (din)- a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy
clamor, ( ; ); To concentrate in the midst of such
a din was almost impossible. — Men of Affairs;
• (commotion)- violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance,
( ; ); Even people in the long narrow lobby had gone out front to
see what all the commotion was about Monk was grinning. — 166 - The
Disappearing Lady?;
• political or social disturbance or upheaval; sedition; (
;
; ); insurrection ( , , , -
), ( , ));
• (tumult)- violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob;
uproar, ( , , ); Instantly the tumult was
allayed. — At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear;
• (pandemonium)- wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos,
( ); Police intervention with excessive force
resulted in pandemonium, and innocent students sustained multiple injuries;
• (bedlam)- a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion, ( );
For a space there was a very bedlam of cries and broken heads, those behind
in the mob surging forward to reach the scrimmage, forcing their own
comrades over the edge. — Richard Carvel;
• Archaic. an insane asylum or madhouse, ( , ,
);
• (chaos)- a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization
or order, ( ; ; ); The implication is that somewhere
beside or outside of all this chaos is an organized world. — F ;SF; - vol 087
issue 02 - August 1994;
• (shambles)- a condition of great disorder;
• wreck; mess, ( ; ); According to the Free Dictionary, A place
or situation referred to as a shambles is usually a mess, but it is no longer
always the bloody mess it once was;