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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tur·moil /ˈtɝˌmɔɪl/
 騷動,混亂

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tur·moil sometimes n.  Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
 And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil,
 A blessed soul doth in Elysium.   --Shak.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tur·moil v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turmoiled p. pr. & vb. n. Turmoiling.] To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.]
    It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.   --Spenser.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tur·moil, v. i. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 turmoil
      n 1: a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
           [syn: convulsion, upheaval]
      2: violent agitation [syn: tumult]
      3: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement,
          upheaval, hullabaloo]