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noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I remember ructions once when she was my houseman.
▪ If the law were to threaten Haider, he could cause further ructions.
▪ There have been some serious ructions when they have played table tennis, with rows and cheating and shouting matches.
▪ Word had spread that child marriages were to be photographed and this had caused some ructions within the community.
▪ You can expect ructions at home if you have been taking a partner for granted recently.
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n. (plural of ruction English)

Usage examples of "ructions".

She wore her blue petticoat and her brown shawl whin she went away this morning, and I always expect ructions whin she puts on that shuit of clothes.

After that Frances had wandered the Middle East and the ructions she caused were a powerful factor in the rise of Muslim fundamentalism.