Synonyms for upheaval

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhp-hee-vuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ʌpˈhi vəl

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Définition 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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