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upheaval::noun | Spocien Dictionary

upheaval

/əp'hivəl/

a violent disturbance

Type	Words
Synonyms	convulsion, turmoil
Type of	disruption, commotion, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, flutter, to-do, disturbance

upheaval

/əp'hivəl/

a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

Type	Words
Synonyms	sturm und drang, turbulence
Type of	disorder
Has types	agitation, ferment, fermentation, roller coaster, tempestuousness, unrest, violence

upheaval

/əp'hivəl/

disturbance usually in protest

Type	Words
Synonyms	agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil
Type of	disturbance

upheaval

/əp'hivəl/

(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

Type	Words
Synonyms	uplift, upthrow, upthrust
Type of	rise, rising, ascension, ascent
Derivation	upheave