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Defenition of the word upheaval

    • Defenition of the word upheaval

      • disturbance usually in protest
      • a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
      • (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
      • a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
      • a violent disturbance
      • a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

    Synonyms for the word upheaval

      • agitation
      • cataclysm
      • commotion
      • confusion
      • disorder
      • disruption
      • disturbance
      • excitement
      • hullabaloo
      • mayhem
      • Sturm und Drang
      • turbulence
      • turmoil
      • uplift
      • upthrow
      • upthrust

    Similar words in the upheaval

      • upheaval
      • upheaval's
      • upheavals

    Hyponyms for the word upheaval

      • agitation
      • ferment
      • fermentation
      • roller coaster
      • tempestuousness
      • unrest
      • violence

    Hypernyms for the word upheaval

      • ascension
      • ascent
      • commotion
      • disorder
      • disruption
      • disturbance
      • flutter
      • hoo-ha
      • hoo-hah
      • hurly burly
      • kerfuffle
      • rise
      • rising
      • stir
      • to-do

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