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upheaval
1. n. Soulèvement.
During the severe winter, there was an upheaval of part of the road, as the frozen earth underneath it expanded.
2. n. (Géologie) Soulèvement.
The theory of tectonic plates talks about the upheaval of the Himalayas as the Indian subcontinent rammed into Asia.
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upheaval
1. n. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
2. n. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.

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Are you telling me that all of the upheaval was for nothing?  Blunt also seemed to have visions of ruling the roost in the art world, when he prophesied that, when the great upheaval took place, there would be jam for all.

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