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raise hell 

To object something strongly.
To stirr up trouble.
To intend to cause a strong impact to something.
Dude to bartender: "Your beer tastes like crap!"
Bartender: "Are you here to raise hell?"
raise hell by AxelF April 5, 2006

Raise Hell 

Popularized by East Coast hood rats, specifically from West Virginia, the saying "raise Hell" is usually accompanied by a raising and shaking of the Hawaiian Shaka sign

The slogan is used, and usually yelled, when a rule is broken or other such chaos is caused.

A variation of "raise Hell" exists where the "se" is removed from "raise" and the slogan becomes "rai Hell!"
"Aye, Daniel, we're about to po up on the West!"
"Fuck yeah! Raise Hell!"
Raise Hell by MCHammered_ December 9, 2012

Raise Hell Praise Dale 

Yeehaw redneck motherfucker who does yeehaw stuff
“Ah man, he just went through some sick mud in his truck, Raise Hell Praise Dale dude!”

raise hell and eat cornbread 

The act of sex while listening to the lacs
We always raise hell and eat cornbread

born to raise hell 

We know how to do it and we do it real well.
Born to raise hell, born to raise hell
Play that guitar just like ringing a bell
born to raise hell by the bg August 14, 2004

Hell Raiser

A trouble-seeking, aggressive person, who can -and does- turn any social situation into an argument, and, subsequently, a fight. Used as an adjective or a noun -for stereotyping purposes- this word could apply to any potential troublemaker.

Sometimes the term is applied to people who purposefully pick on other people seeking for a violent reaction, and the term could be exchanged with the word bully.
That dude is a hell raiser, he just stepped into the bar, started picking on random dudes and suddenly there was a massive fight going on.
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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