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