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English noun: upheaval | |||
| 1. | upheaval (state) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) | ||
| Samples | The industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence. | ||
| Synonyms | Sturm und Drang, turbulence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disorder | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agitation, ferment, fermentation, roller coaster, tempestuousness, unrest, violence | ||
| Domain category | government, political science, politics | ||
| 2. | upheaval (state) a violent disturbance | ||
| Samples | The convulsions of the stock market. | ||
| Synonyms | convulsion, turmoil | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do | ||
| 3. | upheaval (event) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | ||
| Synonyms | uplift, upthrow, upthrust | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ascension, ascent, rise, rising | ||
| Domain category | geology | ||
| 4. | upheaval (act) disturbance usually in protest | ||
| Synonyms | agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disturbance | ||
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