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Synonyms for scramble

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Synonyms for scramble

to move or climb hurriedly, especially on all fours

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to put into total disorder

to mix together so as to change the order of arrangement

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Synonyms for scramble

an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

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rushing about hastily in an undignified way

to move hurriedly

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

bring into random order

make unintelligible

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For decades, Japan has routinely dispatched fighter jets to keep foreign aircraft, mostly Russian jets, out of its airspace, but the number of scrambles against Chinese planes has been rising sharply in recent years.
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She knew full well that fouls are often batted into the stands and that such scrambles are commonplace."
The number of such scrambles reached a record 944 in fiscal 1984 but plunged after the end of the Cold War, ASDF officials said.
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