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Definition of ruction in English: ructionnoun ˈrʌkʃ(ə)nˈrəkʃən informal 1A disturbance or quarrel. she acted as if there'd been no earlier ruction Example sentencesExamples - You have to go back to the 1960s and de Gaulle, or to ructions over cruise and Pershing missiles in the 1980s, to find comparable crises.
- Her mum Joy, from Bramley, said Carolynne's membership of the team's dance troupe did cause some family ructions.
- As a millionaire's funeral is brought forward to avoid possible family ructions, his widow speaks of 27 years of love they shared
- There were ructions when I presented myself at the reception.
- Those in dispute have gone to great lengths to get the people of Newcastle behind them while at the same time keeping mum about the cause of the ruction.
- The resulting gap between expectation and reality has already caused ructions in the town hall budget.
- It's no surprise then that the early years of the industry saw constant and dizzying internal ructions including litigation, company takeovers, infringed patents and arguments over formats, equipment and materials.
- Other ructions have appeared within sections of the Fijian elite.
- There have been reports of ructions in the national team.
- This would mean ructions in the family, whose shaky economic viability depended on your starting work the day after your 14th birthday.
- Honesty about performance and worth would cause ructions that National can do without.
- Whoever's to blame, it caused ructions back home.
- Eager to prevent the family ruction he knows this will bring about, Ray makes a beeline over to his parents' house to try to intercept the letter.
- The media requirements in Ireland are not quite as sophisticated as Australia, but it certainly did cause some ructions in the TV industry, no question.
- My illness could easily have caused a ruction in the marriage as I just didn't want to know anyone.
- This is far from the first occasion that stories have emanated from the midland county about internal ructions.
- Steve's new mechanic mate causes ructions in the Lewis household - not least with wayward teenager Hannah.
- Not surprisingly, this arrangement makes for its fair share of ructions.
- After the ructions of recent days, he is unlikely to rise from the backbenches again.
- I've adjusted my yoga routine to night times so that I'm doing something constructive when my neighbours are causing the most ructions.
Synonyms disturbance, noise, racket, din, commotion, fuss, pother, uproar, furore, hue and cry, rumpus, ruckus, fracas altercation, quarrel (ructions), an outcry, trouble, the devil to pay, hell to pay informal to-do, carry-on, hullabaloo, hoo-ha, ballyhoo, stink British informal row, kerfuffle North American informal foofaraw - 1.1ructionsBritish Angry reactions, protests, or complaints.
if Mrs Salt catches her there'll be ructions Synonyms protest, protests, protestation, protestations, complaints, howls of protest, objections, indignation, furore, clamour, clamouring, fuss, commotion, uproar, hue and cry, row, outbursts, tumult, opposition, dissent, vociferation
Origin Early 19th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes abduction, conduction, construction, deduction, destruction, eduction, effluxion, induction, instruction, introduction, misconstruction, obstruction, production, reduction, seduction, suction, underproduction Definition of ruction in US English: ructionnounˈrəkʃənˈrəkSHən informal 1A disturbance or quarrel. Example sentencesExamples - Steve's new mechanic mate causes ructions in the Lewis household - not least with wayward teenager Hannah.
- Not surprisingly, this arrangement makes for its fair share of ructions.
- Her mum Joy, from Bramley, said Carolynne's membership of the team's dance troupe did cause some family ructions.
- Those in dispute have gone to great lengths to get the people of Newcastle behind them while at the same time keeping mum about the cause of the ruction.
- This would mean ructions in the family, whose shaky economic viability depended on your starting work the day after your 14th birthday.
- There were ructions when I presented myself at the reception.
- You have to go back to the 1960s and de Gaulle, or to ructions over cruise and Pershing missiles in the 1980s, to find comparable crises.
- Eager to prevent the family ruction he knows this will bring about, Ray makes a beeline over to his parents' house to try to intercept the letter.
- After the ructions of recent days, he is unlikely to rise from the backbenches again.
- Honesty about performance and worth would cause ructions that National can do without.
- This is far from the first occasion that stories have emanated from the midland county about internal ructions.
- I've adjusted my yoga routine to night times so that I'm doing something constructive when my neighbours are causing the most ructions.
- There have been reports of ructions in the national team.
- Whoever's to blame, it caused ructions back home.
- The media requirements in Ireland are not quite as sophisticated as Australia, but it certainly did cause some ructions in the TV industry, no question.
- My illness could easily have caused a ruction in the marriage as I just didn't want to know anyone.
- Other ructions have appeared within sections of the Fijian elite.
- As a millionaire's funeral is brought forward to avoid possible family ructions, his widow speaks of 27 years of love they shared
- The resulting gap between expectation and reality has already caused ructions in the town hall budget.
- It's no surprise then that the early years of the industry saw constant and dizzying internal ructions including litigation, company takeovers, infringed patents and arguments over formats, equipment and materials.
Synonyms disturbance, noise, racket, din, commotion, fuss, pother, uproar, furore, hue and cry, rumpus, ruckus, fracas - 1.1ructionsBritish Unpleasant reactions to or complaints about something.
If Mrs. Salt catches her there'll be ructions Synonyms protest, protests, protestation, protestations, complaints, howls of protest, objections, indignation, furore, clamour, clamouring, fuss, commotion, uproar, hue and cry, row, outbursts, tumult, opposition, dissent, vociferation
Origin Early 19th century: of unknown origin. |