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upheaval
noun
A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
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ʌpˈhi.vəl
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noun
A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
“The industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence”
noun
A violent disturbance
“The convulsions of the stock market”
noun
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
noun
Disturbance usually in protest
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The industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
The convulsions of the stock market
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