Meaning of 'upheaval' in Spanish is: convulsión

upheaval: convulsión

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convulsión, efusión, repunte, chorro, desastre, inversión, trastornado, aflicción, volumen de negocios.

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Noun(1) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally),a violent disturbance,(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building),disturbance usually in protest,major change(2) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)(3) a violent disturbance(4) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)(5) disturbance usually in protest(6) major change

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(1) Even after Napoleon had been consigned to his island prison on Saint Helena the upheaval continued unabated.(2) The ancient earth was prepared through thousands of years of geologic upheaval .(3) the first upheaval produced a hill which was called Roof Mountain(4) Despite the upheaval , revenue continues to grow, as do jobs however, in many cases those jobs are changing.(5) times of political upheaval(6) The arrival of Timothy's new friends had not been the only upheaval in his recent experiences.(7) However, this growing opposition did not erupt in open upheavals or mass strikes, at least as far as I can judge.(8) Despite subsequent upheavals , the French have never seriously considered restoring the monarchy since.(9) These internal upheavals have displaced millions of desperate people who cross borders searching for freedom and protection.(10) Over eons these sediments became buried beneath layers of mud and ash caused by forest fires, more volcanic eruptions, rains and upheavals .(11) Few people believed that the Empire could continue unchanged after the upheavals of the war.(12) After a series of scandals and upheavals that occurred in the 1980s this huge economic conglomerate totally collapsed.(13) u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510There are continuing upheavals in Africa,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb he says.(14) u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510The recent upheavals have demonstrated the danger the sector faced from not being aware of the importance of facts and figures,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb McDonnell said.(15) The Boxing Day tsunami and the Sumatran earthquake on March 28, which registered 9 on the Richter scale, have made the world conscious of these massive upheavals of the Earth.(16) Despite this, a long and complicated number of coups and upheavals continued in the country.