Upheaval
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
A state of violent disturbance and disorder, generally in politics or social conditions.
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Senses
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disturbance usually in protest
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(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
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a violent disturbance
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- agitationSturm und Drangturbulenceturmoilupliftupthrowupthrust
- plural
- Upheavals
- possessive
- Upheaval's
- pluralpossessive
- Upheavals'