upheaval




upheaval - noun

  • a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
  • a violent disturbance
  • (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  • disturbance usually in protest
  • upheaval - thesaurus

    agitation   convulsion   excitement   hullabaloo   turbulence   turmoil   uplift   upthrow   upthrust