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Democrat leaving republic, extremely upset, sees anarchy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaos

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(Other definitions for chaos that I've seen before include "Anarchy" , "State of extreme confusion and disorder" , "Totally disordered state" , "upheaval" , "disarray" .)

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