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upheaval
noun(up-heav-al)
a violent disturbance
Synonyms: convulsion, turmoil,
upheaval
noun(up-heav-al)
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
Synonyms: sturm und drang, turbulence,
upheaval
noun(up-heav-al)
disturbance usually in protest
upheaval
noun(up-heav-al)
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Synonyms: uplift, upthrow, upthrust,

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