Meaning of UPHEAVAL
| Pronunciation: | | up'heevul
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- [n] disturbance usually in protest
- [n] (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
- [n] a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
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| | Synonyms: | | agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, turmoil, uplift, upthrow, upthrust |
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| | See Also: | | agitation, ascension, ascent, disorder, disturbance, ferment, fermentation, rise, rising, unrest, violence | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Up*heav"al\, n.
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp.,
an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. --Lubbock.
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