roilverb [ I or T ]
uk/rɔɪl/us/rɔɪl/mainly USroil verb [ I or T ] (TWIST)
to (cause to) move quickly in a twisting circular movement:
Fierce winds roiled the sea.
A massive tower of smoke roiled skyward.
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- crook
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- warped
- wring
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roil verb [ I or T ] (UPSET)
to cause something to stop working in the usual or expected way:
Fears about Japan roiled world financial markets last week.
The immigration debate has roiled the country for more than a year.
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Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn to somewhere
- arrest
- break
- call
- call sth off
- cancel
- cancellation
- cut
- disturb
- halt
- in midstream idiom
- interrupt
- kick
- kick sth into touch idiom
- midstream
- mothball
- nullify
- shut (sth) off
- stop
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Preventing and impeding
roiling
adjective uk/ˈrɔɪ.lɪŋ/us/ˈrɔɪ.lɪŋ/
The rain turned a small creek into a roiling surge.
The country faces a roiling financial crisis.