upheaval
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upheaval (countable and uncountable, plural upheavals)
- Disruptive change, from one state to another.
- 2023 March 8, “Network News: Carstairs shut for main line upgrade”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:
- 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.
- The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
- A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
- 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC[1]:
- Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.
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process of being heaved upward, especially of the earth's crust
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sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion
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