Upheaval - Definition
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,
upheaval, Sturm und Drang]
2: a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
[syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval]
3: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the
process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift,
upthrow, upthrust]
4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation,
excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo]