upheaval

Definitions

noun

1

Disruptive change, from one state to another.

Scotland's bottleneck junction between the West and East Coast main lines at Carstairs will be the site of major upheaval until the end of May, while £164 million worth of improvements are carried out.

2

The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.

3

A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.

Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.

Collocations

7

1

(noun.)

ADJ

big, enormous, great, major, massive, violent

domestic, economic, emotional, political, social

The company's merger created significant economic upheaval across the entire industry.

revolutionary

VERB + UPHEAVAL

cause, provoke

go through, undergo

The country went through a period of social upheaval during the 1960s.

PREP

during/in the ~

The family managed to stay close together during the upheaval of moving to a new country.

PHRASES

a period of upheaval

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — disturbance usually in protest

noun — (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the pr

noun — a violent disturbance

noun — a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics

turbulence

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Scotland's bottleneck junction between the West and East Coast main lines at Carstairs will be the site of major upheaval until the end of May, while £164 million worth of improvements are carried out

Wiktionary

02

Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.

Wiktionary

03

The country was in a state of upheaval.

Tatoeba · #6888290

04

The Industrial Revolution caused a great upheaval in society.

Tatoeba · #6993516

05

That upheaval greatly accelerated Mary's brother's baldness.

Tatoeba · #11934303

06

The transition from communism to a market economy and democratic governance was challenging for Albania, with economic instability and social upheaval.

Tatoeba · #12622064