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1. (n.) upheaval
strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society.
2. upheaval
an act of upheaving, esp. of a part of the earth's crust.
3. upheaval
the state of being upheaved.
Etymology: (1830–40)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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"
2. (noun) convulsion, turmoil, upheaval
a violent disturbance
"the convulsions of the stock market"
3. (noun) upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
4. (noun) agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
disturbance usually in protest
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1. (noun) upheaval
a situation in which there is a lot of difficult change
the social and political upheaval in the 1960s; the family's emotional upheavals
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) upheaval
the act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust
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Sense: a great change or disturbance
Moving house causes a great upheaval.
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 Afrikaans: versteuring |
 Arabic: إنْقِلاب فُجائي |
 Bulgarian: разместване |
 Brazilian: transtorno |
 Czech: pozdvižení |
 German: die Umwälzung |
 Danish: omvæltning |
 Greek: αναστάτωση, μεγάλη αλλαγή |
 Spanish: trastorno |
 Estonian: murrang, segadus |
 Farsi: دگرگونی شدید |
 Finnish: mullistus |
 French: bouleversement |
 Hebrew: תַהפּוּכָה |
 Hindi: कायापलट |
 Croatian: potres, prevrat |
 Hungarian: felfordulás |
 Indonesian: kekalutam |
 Icelandic: umbrot, umrót |
 Italian: scombussolamento |
 Japanese: 大変動 |
 Korean: 대변동, 격변 |
 Lithuanian: suirutė, perversmas |
 Latvian: apvērsums; jukas |
 Malay: pergolakan |
 Dutch: opschudding |
 Norwegian: omkalfatring, omveltning |
 Polish: wstrząs |
 Persian: دگرگونی شدید |
 Pashto: پړسوب، پورته كيدنه، ډډوال |
 Portuguese: transtorno |
 Romanian: bulversare |
 Russian: переворот |
 Slovak: rozruch, znepokojenie |
 Slovenian: pretres |
 Serbian: prevrat |
 Swedish: omvälvning |
 Thai: การเปลี่ยนแปลงที่ทำให้เกิ |
 Turkish: karışıklık, kargaşa |
 Taiwanese: 動亂, 巨變, 大變動 |
 Ukrainian: зрушення; переворот |
 Urdu: اتھل پتھل |
 Vietnamese: chuyển biến |
 Chinese: 动乱，巨变，大变动 |
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