Associations to the word «Upheaval»

Wiktionary

UPHEAVAL, noun. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
UPHEAVAL, noun. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.