Synonyms for upheaval
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhp-hee-vuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌpˈhi vəl |
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Définition of upheaval
Origin :- 1838, in geology, from Middle English verb upheave (c.1300, cf. Old Frisian upheva, Old High German ufhevan, German aufheben), from up + heave (v.) + -al (2). Figurative sense, with reference to convulsions of society, etc., recorded from 1850.
- noun major change
- This upheaval in the South, according to an investigator, will be helpful to all.
- Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
- This mass arrest of the Gods is going to cause an upheaval all by itself.
- Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Yet in all the upheaval, there was very little expression of surprise.
- Extract from : « Meeting of the Board » by Alan Edward Nourse
- Such a wrench, such an upheaval as it had involved, could not but tell upon her immensely.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- It is part of the process of Americanization; an upheaval preceding the state of repose.
- Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
- He regretted nothing at this stage of what had transpired after the upheaval came.
- Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
- Some mountains, we are told, have originated in an upheaval.
- Extract from : « The Beautiful » by Vernon Lee
- He began to see that a great change and upheaval was unavoidable.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
- When Mr. Toombs came home in the fall of 1850 he found the State in upheaval.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- She felt dazed and giddy as in face of some upheaval, some cataclysm, of nature.
- Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
Antonyms for upheaval
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