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- noun A
wild ,orgiastic party or celebration.
Etymologies
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Examples
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To see the symbols of violence - yellow barricades, barrels, armed guards, Police jeeps and sniffer dogs - intermingled with the bacchanalia is a strange juxtaposition for us used to a different atmosphere.
Kottu 2009
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She wanders into an idyllic glen, where a kind of bacchanalia is taking place.
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Russia players accused of 'bacchanalia' before World Cup qualifiers
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Russia players accused of 'bacchanalia' before World Cup qualifiers
WN.com - Articles related to Slovenians in mass protest over wages, retirement 2009
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Russia players accused of 'bacchanalia' before World Cup qualifiers
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Russia players accused of 'bacchanalia' before World Cup qualifiers
WN.com - Articles related to Slovenians in mass protest over wages, retirement 2009
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Earlier, Voronin had demanded an end to what he called the "bacchanalia" of protests.
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Russia players accused of 'bacchanalia' before World Cup qualifiers
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Earlier, Voronin had demanded an end to what he called the "bacchanalia" of protests, saying: "Challenging the results of the election is no more than a pretext.
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Elton John was having his annual Oscar-time birthday bacchanalia at a private room in the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011
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April 30, 2009