Noun

• S: (n) agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest (a state of agitation or turbulent change or development) "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"
• S: (n) zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment (a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol)
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