upheaval
IPA: ʌphˈivʌɫ
noun
- Disruptive change, from one state to another.
- The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
- A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
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Examples of "upheaval" in Sentences
- The decision raised a upheaval amongst the public.
- The country is in the middle of political upheaval.
- I don't doubt the chaos and death during the upheaval.
- The Levacoes family decided to leave during the upheaval.
- The 1970s were generally a period of upheaval for the CIA.
- In the midst of the upheaval, the new Palladium had opened.
- In one or the other upheaval the great library was destroyed.
- The Great Depression was a time of significant upheaval in the States.
- In 1792, Spain reels amidst the turmoil and upheaval of the French Revolution.
- But one of the greatest upheavals of the century is the liberation of the nerd.