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    turbulent
    [ adj ]
    1. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

    2. <adj.all>
      effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive
      riotous times
      these troubled areas
      the tumultuous years of his administration
      a turbulent and unruly childhood
    3. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

    4. <adj.all>
      the river's roiling current
      turbulent rapids


    Turbulent \Tur"bu*lent\, a. [L. turbulentus, fr. turba disorder,
    tumult: cf. F. turbulent. See {Turbid}.]
    1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent
    commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.

    Calm region once,
    And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
    --Milton.

    2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless;
    unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.

    Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. --Dryden.

    3. Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.

    Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes.
    --Milton.

    Syn: Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; riotous; seditious;
    insubordinate; refractory; unquiet.

    1. The latest victim of the turbulent junk bond market may be the $225 million leveraged buyout of Michaels Stores Inc., analysts said.
    2. Stock prices retreated in a turbulent session today, running into some resistance at or near record highs.
    3. The witching hour, which falls on the third Friday of March, June, September and December, was often a turbulent occasion for the market in years past.
    4. Swiss franc bonds lost as much as 3/4 point in very light trading as investors stepped back from the turbulent markets.
    5. Mr. Garcia-Sainz, who has experience in both the public and private sectors, has tried to smooth turbulent relations with labor and make Mexicana more service-oriented.
    6. Marckesano said many mid-sized carriers such as Midway, which compete with the majors and the tiny commuter lines, are facing turbulent times and could be swallowed up.
    7. The premier called on voters to avoid returning to the turbulent decade that ended in a 1980 military takeover, which was accompanied by an economic crisis and political violence.
    8. It has gone through several transformations in its 26-year life, catching each succeeding wave of change in the turbulent computer industry.
    9. Actor Sean Penn and singer Madonna have separated and are planning to end their turbulent, three-year marriage, a spokesman for the pugnacious actor said Thursday.
    10. The Communist Party's first conference in 47 years, though far from the wide-open battles of Western conventions, is exposing discord rarely seen since the turbulent decade after the Bolshevik Revolution.
    11. The switch to the London market during such turbulent times is significant.
    12. A wall near the entrance displays photographs of cars bobbing down a flooded street, lightning in a turbulent sky and a funnel cloud descending on a field.
    13. "Since the discovery of oil, relations with the U.S. have begun to develop significantly," says President Saleh, who sees the oil as a stabilizing force in his turbulent country.
    14. Roh, who has tried to follow moderate policies and portray himself as a populist, has not gained firm control of South Korea's turbulent politics.
    15. But President Bush's quick decision on Friday to nominate Rep. Richard Cheney, R-Wyo., a former White House chief of staff and the No. 2 Republican leader in the House, may start the process of calming the Senate's turbulent political waters.
    16. Second, turbulent water, such as water roiled by the discharge from a quarry, is anathema to the mussels, which choke on stirred up sediment.
    17. Some of the same gusty relatives tack and billow across the screen, as turbulent variations are played on the theme of family life.
    18. After 29 turbulent months, that government fell apart and Congress returned to power.
    19. Goria stepped down March 11 after eight turbulent months in office.
    20. Saturday evening, at a turbulent session of the party hierarchy, president Wojciech Jaruzelski finally told his apparatchiks that they must give up their long-held monopoly on power.
    21. The retirement of the bearlike Mr. Weil comes at a turbulent time for Phibro, which is also the nation's third-largest independent refiner with 330,000 barrels of daily capacity.
    22. Botha, who led South Africa for 11 often turbulent years, resigned Monday night after repeated confrontations with his Cabinet.
    23. Kidnappings for ransom are increasing in Karachi, and the belief grows that authorities are helpless against the lawlessness gripping Pakistan's largest and most turbulent city.
    24. "I thought he brought an unusually scholarly and calm perspective to one of the more turbulent times in the market's history.
    25. The deaths of six riot troopers in South Korea's latest wave of protests could bring a lull to the country's turbulent politics, but there seems little chance of lasting peace.
    26. The idea of harnessing energy from the river's turbulent passage through the Three Gorges in Hubei province first was suggested in the 1920s.
    27. Precious metals are considered relatively safe investments in a turbulent economy.
    28. He believed that society could survive in turbulent times only if secular authority was resolutely defended. The case is strongly argued.
    29. Today, that portfolio has no bonds and is nearly 98 per cent invested in equities, with the UK and emerging markets getting most of the extra. Markets as turbulent as the current ones can cause some fairly radical rethinks.
    30. Ambition and its consequences, 6 1/2 turbulent years as governor, have made him "the oldest 40-year-old man in America," he says.
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