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upheaval |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upheaval \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: upheaval n 1: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" [syn: {turbulence}, {Sturm und Drang}] 2: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) [syn: {uplift}, {upthrow}, {upthrust}] 3: disturbance usually in protest [syn: {agitation}, {excitement}, {turmoil}, {hullabaloo}]
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