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Upheaval
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1. sturm und drang, turbulence, upheaval
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
Example Sentences:'the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence'
2. convulsion, turmoil, upheaval
a violent disturbance
Example Sentences:'the convulsions of the stock market'
3. upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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