Dictionary Check: upheaval

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"upheaval" is a valid word!

Scrabble 16 points
Words with Friends 19 points

Definition

noun

a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

Example: "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
Synonyms:
turbulence Sturm und Drang
noun

a violent disturbance

Example: "the convulsions of the stock market"
Synonyms:
convulsion turmoil
noun

(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

Synonyms:
uplift upthrow upthrust
noun

disturbance usually in protest

Synonyms:
agitation excitement turmoil hullabaloo

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