noun. undefined

noun. The process of being heaved upward.

noun. An instance of being so heaved.

noun. A sudden, violent disruption or upset.

noun. A raising of a part of the earth's crust.

noun. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; a heaving or lifting up; specifically, in geology, a disturbance of a part of the earth's crust, having as one of its results that certain areas occupy a higher position with reference to adjacent areas than they did before the disturbance took place.

noun. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

noun. the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust

noun. a sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion

noun. a violent disturbance

noun. disturbance usually in protest

noun. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

noun. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

"This appears to happen in what we call the upheaval stage of family grief."

doctrine of violent upheavals  

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