Meaning & use
bedlam
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A scene of wild uproar and confusion.
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When the fire alarm went off, the office descended into bedlam.
Bedlam broke out in the stadium after the winning goal.
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Derives from the name of a former London psychiatric hospital (Bethlem); now used generally for any noisy, chaotic scene.
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