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Definitions for: Upheaval [n] disturbance usually in protest
[n] (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
[n] a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
Webster (1913) Definition: Up*heav"al, n.
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp.,
an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. --Lubbock.
Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, turmoil, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
See Also: agitation, ascension, ascent, disorder, disturbance, ferment, fermentation, rise, rising, unrest, violence
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