Meaning of upheaval in English

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1. Noun

   upheaval

   Definitions

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

   Examples

   • « the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence »
2. 2. a violent disturbance

   Examples

   • « the convulsions of the stock market »
3. 3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
4. 4. disturbance usually in protest