upheaval

Noun
US[uhp-hee-vuhl]/əpˈhivəl/3 syllables
Synonyms: turbulenceSturm und Drangconvulsionturmoilupliftupthrowupthrustagitationexcitementhullabaloo

Open English WordNet

Noun (4)

  1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)“the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence”Synonyms: turbulenceSturm und DrangType of disorderKinds agitation, violence, roller coaster
  2. a violent disturbance“the convulsions of the stock market”Synonyms: convulsionturmoilType of disturbance, disruption
  3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)Synonyms: upliftupthrowupthrustType of rise, rising
  4. disturbance usually in protestSynonyms: agitationexcitementturmoilhullabalooType of disturbance

Related words turbulent adjective, upheave verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Up·heav′al noun

The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Sir John Lubbock

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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