upheaval
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upheaval Definition
(n)
a
state
of
violent
disturbance
and
disorder
(
as
in
politics
or
social
conditions
generally
); "
the
industrial
revolution
was
a
period
of
great
turbulence
"
(n)
a
violent
disturbance
; "
the
convulsions
of
the
stock
market
"
(n) (
geology
)
a
rise
of
land
to
a
higher
elevation
(
as
in
the
process
of
mountain
building
)
(n)
disturbance
usually
in
protest
upheaval Synonyms
agitation
convulsion
excitement
hullabaloo
Sturm und Drang
turbulence
turmoil
upheaval
uplift
upthrow
upthrust
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