Definition of "turbulent" []

• Violently agitated or disturbed; tumultuous: turbulent rapids. (adjective)
• Having a chaotic or restless character or tendency: a turbulent period in history. (adjective)
• Causing unrest or disturbance; unruly: turbulent, revolutionary undercurrents. (adjective)

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• "Other times it is like what they call a turbulent bore or a rush of white water that goes in."
• "His appeal came at the end of what he called a "turbulent" week for the banking industry after disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood."
• "Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times."