Definition of upheaval - WordReference.com Dictionary

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upheaval
A	noun
	1	agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
			disturbance usually in protest
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move; motility ╚disturbance ╚agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
	2	upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
			(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚movement; motion ╚change of location; travel ╚rise; rising; ascent; ascension ╚upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
	3	convulsion, turmoil, upheaval
			a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
		Category Tree: state ╚disorder ╚disturbance; disruption; commotion; stir; flutter; hurly burly; to-do; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; kerfuffle ╚convulsion, turmoil, upheaval
	4	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"
		Category Tree: state ╚disorder ╚turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang ╚violence ╚roller coaster ╚agitation; ferment; fermentation; unrest

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