You use ~ to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way.
Their arrival caused ~ as crowds of refugees rushed towards them.
= chaos
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You use ~ to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way.
Their arrival caused ~ as crowds of refugees rushed towards them.
= chaos
N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012