n.

1. 1. The process of being heaved upward.
   2. An instance of being so heaved.
2. A sudden, violent disruption or upset: “the psychic upheaval caused by war” (Wallace Fowlie).
3. Geology. A raising of a part of the earth's crust.

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noun

A momentous or sweeping change: cataclysm, convulsion, revolution. See change/persist.

n

Definition: major change
Antonyms: stagnation

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The upward push of a soil mass.

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IN BRIEF: A forceful lifting up from beneath. Also: A sudden, violent change.

There was much upheaval when we moved all of the desks in the classroom.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - postyr, omvæltning, opstandelse, [geo.] landhævning

Nederlands (Dutch)
omwenteling, opheffing (van de aardkorst)

Français (French)
n. - bouleversement, remue-ménage, (Géol) surrection

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufruhr, Erhebung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναστάτωση, ταραχή, αναταραχή

Italiano (Italian)
rivoluzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sublevação (f)

Русский (Russian)
переворот, сдвиг, смещение геологических пластов, извержение (лавы и пр.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - levantamiento, trastorno, agitación, cataclismo, solevantamiento (esp. de la corteza terrestre)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - omvälvning, omstörtning, kaos, geol. höjdförskjutning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
举起, 大变动, 隆起

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 舉起, 大變動, 隆起

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밀어 올림, 융기, 격변

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大変動, 動乱, 盛り上がり, 隆起

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثورة, انقلاب فجائي, نتوء القشرة الارضيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התפרצות (הר-געש), מהפכה, מהפך, מהומה‬

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