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pandemonium

Definition

  • noun: a situation in which a crowd of people act in a wild, uncontrolled, or violent way because they are afraid, excited, or confused
  • noun: the capital of Hell in Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
  • synonyms: babel, bedlam let loose, gehenna

Examples

  • The announcement that the concert was canceled was met with 'pandemonium'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) with bucolic semi-lunar contraptions ofthe flying trapezes. Mm-hmm. Say ''hippopotamus.'' - Hi-ho-hotamus. - l knew it! Compound transmission ofthe pandemonium with percussion... and spasmodic frantic disintegration. - Close your eyes. What do you see? - Nothing. Aha! Now that heart. (..)
    1940 Pinocchio