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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
upheaval/ʌpˈhiːvl/

▶noun

1 a violent or sudden change or disruption.

2 an upward displacement of part of the earth's crust.

'upheaval' also found in these Oxford entries:

cataclysm - convulsion - maelstrom - swathe

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