Definition of "uproar" []

• A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; tumult: "The uproar of the street sounded violently and hideously cacophonous” ( Virginia Woolf). See Synonyms at noise. (noun)
• A heated controversy. (noun)

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• "However a lot of this uproar is about the Mayor grandstanding, making an example of some dumb celebrity, while gangs and organized crime [and plenty of them] freely roam NYC with illegal handguns."
• "I cannot for the life of me understand what all the uproar is about."
• "Look at the uproar from the Police auth in the Met over officer (gulp) carrying guns on duty in public!"