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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhp-hee-vuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ʌpˈhi vəl



Definition of upheaval

Origin :
  • 1838, in geology, from Middle English verb upheave (c.1300, cf. Old Frisian upheva, Old High German ufhevan, German aufheben), from up + heave (v.) + -al (2). Figurative sense, with reference to convulsions of society, etc., recorded from 1850.
  • noun major change
Example sentences :
  • This upheaval in the South, according to an investigator, will be helpful to all.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • This mass arrest of the Gods is going to cause an upheaval all by itself.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Yet in all the upheaval, there was very little expression of surprise.
  • Extract from : « Meeting of the Board » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • Such a wrench, such an upheaval as it had involved, could not but tell upon her immensely.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • It is part of the process of Americanization; an upheaval preceding the state of repose.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • He regretted nothing at this stage of what had transpired after the upheaval came.
  • Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
  • Some mountains, we are told, have originated in an upheaval.
  • Extract from : « The Beautiful » by Vernon Lee
  • He began to see that a great change and upheaval was unavoidable.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
  • When Mr. Toombs came home in the fall of 1850 he found the State in upheaval.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • She felt dazed and giddy as in face of some upheaval, some cataclysm, of nature.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

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