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单词 upheaval
释义 Noun: upheaval  úp'heevul
  1. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
    - turbulence, Sturm und Drang 
  2. A violent disturbance
    - convulsion, turmoil 
  3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    - uplift, upthrow, upthrust 
  4. Disturbance usually in protest
    - agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo, hullaballoo

Derived forms: upheavals

See also: upheave

Type of: ascension, ascent, commotion, disorder, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, rise, rising, to-do

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