Associations to the word «Upheaval»
Noun
- Casimir
- Matthias
- Magnate
- Turmoil
- Unrest
- Revolution
- Social
- Reformation
- Crust
- Strife
- Instability
- Crise
- Stratum
- Famine
- Epoch
- Industrialization
- Chaos
- Continuity
- Overthrow
- Period
- Religious
- Atlantis
- Rebellion
- Mutiny
- Breakup
- Uprising
- Monarchy
- Midst
- Bolshevik
- Revolt
- Migration
- Economic
- Collapse
- Repression
- Twentieth
- Fissure
- Crisis
- Intellectual
- Disturbance
- Emergence
- Backdrop
- Catastrophe
- Refugee
- Extinction
- Adolescence
- Aristocracy
- Hegemony
- Mao
- Aftermath
- Zulu
Adjective
- Geologic
- Tectonic
- Napoleonic
- Volcanic
- Political
- Tremendous
- Societal
- Catastrophic
- Revolutionary
- Geological
- Seismic
- Social
- Emotional
- Climatic
- Violent
- Apocalyptic
- Turbulent
- Dynastic
- Gradual
- Consequent
- Massive
- Unprecedented
- Economic
- Ideological
- Radical
- Nationalist
- Experienced
- Gravitational
- Witnessed
- Religious
- Eighteenth
- Nineteenth
- Communist
- Cultural
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
UPHEAVAL, noun. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
UPHEAVAL, noun. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
Dictionary definition
UPHEAVAL, noun. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence".
UPHEAVAL, noun. A violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market".
UPHEAVAL, noun. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
UPHEAVAL, noun. Disturbance usually in protest.
Wise words
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