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Meaning of upheaval

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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},
           {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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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