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upheaval

English

  1. 🔊 (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  2. 🔊 a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
    “the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence”
  3. 🔊 a violent disturbance
    “the convulsions of the stock market”
  4. 🔊 disturbance usually in protest

Spanish

  1. 🔊 desgarramiento upheaval
  2. 🔊 trastorno upheaval

Similar words

agitation excitement turmoil hullabaloo uplift upthrow upthrust convulsion turmoil turbulence sturm und drang about-face accommodation adaptation adjustment alteration amelioration apoplexy apostasy apotheosis ascent assumption beatification betterment