Etymology
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From upheave -al
Pronunciation
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( US ) IPA (key ) : /ʌpˈhi.vəl/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
Hyphenation: up‧heav‧al 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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Translations
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process of being heaved upward, especially of the earth's crust
Chinese:
Mandarin: 隆起 (zh) m ( lóngqǐ )
Finnish: maanpinnan kohoaminen
French: soulèvement (fr) m surrection (fr) f
Georgian: ძვრა ( ʒvra ) , დაძვრა ( daʒvra ) , მიწის ფენების გადანაცვლება ( mic̣is penebis gadanacvleba )
German: Erhebung (de) f Aufwölbung f
Italian: sollevamento (it) m
Maori: tairangatanga
Russian: подъём (ru) m ( podʺjóm ) , подня́тие (ru) n ( podnjátije ) , смеще́ние (ru) n ( smeščénije ) , сдвиг (ru) m ( sdvig )
Spanish: surgimiento m
Swedish: omstörtning, omvälvning, kaos
Turkish: kabarma (tr) , yükselme (tr)
Ukrainian: зміщення n ( zmiščennja ) , зрушення n ( zrušennja )
sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion
Bulgarian: катаклизъм (bg) m ( kataklizǎm )
Catalan: trastorn (ca) m daltabaix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 動亂 ／ 动乱 (zh) ( dòngluàn ) , 動盪 ／ 动荡 (zh) ( dòngdàng )
Finnish: mullistus (fi) , kumous (fi)
French: bouleversement (fr) m
Georgian: არეულობა ( areuloba ) , არეულ-დარეულობა ( areul-dareuloba ) , ძვრა ( ʒvra ) , სიღრმისეული ცვლილება ( siɣrmiseuli cvlileba ) , სიღრმისეული გარდაქმნა ( siɣrmiseuli gardakmna ) , ძირეული ცვლილება ( ʒireuli cvlileba )
German: Umbruch (de) m Aufruhr (de) m
Greek: χαμός (el) m ( chamós ) , της τρελής ( tis trelís )
Maori: akaaka
Polish: wstrząs (pl) m afera (pl) f
Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) m pl ( besporjádki ) , бунт (ru) m ( bunt ) , переворо́т (ru) m ( perevorót ) , возмуще́ние (ru) n ( vozmuščénije )
Spanish: convulsión (es) f
Swedish: omvälvning (sv) c
Turkish: ani değişiklik (tr) , inkılap (tr)
Ukrainian: заворушення pl n ( zavorušennja ) , переворот m ( perevorot ) , потрясі́ння n ( potrjasínnja )
