upheaval
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7.3
- noun
- /ʌpˈhiːvəl/
- Specialized
:
levantamiento (tectónico)
The arrival of these distant for bears was overlaid by the second major geophysical upheaval.
- The arrival of these distant for bears was overlaid by the second major geophysical upheaval.
Examples
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The first project was located in the Town of Richmond, Maine, where frost upheaval was creating a wet, rutted section of gravel road.
Academic text (1996) -
We had noticed that the geological upheavals had encouraged bizarre social behavior among the humans, and considered that where force had failed, social engineering might succeed.
Fiction book (1999) -
As Frederick Douglass looked upon the Irish shore from the trans-Atlantic voyager he was aboard, he was struck by the physical upheaval of the landscape.
Academic text (1999) -
The geological upheaval caused the land to rise dramatically, forming new mountain ranges.
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During the upheaval, large sections of the Earth's crust shifted, leading to the creation of valleys and peaks.
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The recent upheaval in the region has exposed ancient rock layers that were previously buried.
Synonyms
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7.0
A rise of land to a higher level often forming mountains
1
4.9
Movement of large parts of the Earth's outer layer that makes earthquakes or mountains
The Earth's movement slowly pushes land higher to form mountains
A rise of land to a higher level when the Earth's crust moves
A rise in the land when rock below pushes it up
A process that makes mountains when Earth's crust moves up
Movement of the Earth's top rock layer that changes the land and causes earthquakes
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Upheaval comes from the verb upheave, made of up and heave meaning 'to lift with force'. That's why geologists use upheaval to describe land being pushed up to form mountains.