Thesaurus: upheaval

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1. n. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.
2. n. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
3. n. a violent disturbance
4. n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
5. n. disturbance usually in protest
6. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Lubbock.
7. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., anelevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Lubbock.
8. n:100 n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)