Upheavals Synonyms

(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. uplifts
A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. turbulences

Upheavals Sentence Examples

  • Browne generally conformed to Henry's will during the upheavals of the early Reformation but remained at heart a religious conservative.

  • This second barrier is one of the most mighty upheavals in the world, by reason both of its extent and its altitude.

  • But the main axis of the transverse upheavals would appear to be continued in a north-eastern direction in the Andi and other parallel ranges of Daghestan, as stated under Caucasus.

  • The snowclad Andi ridge, belonging to the system of transverse upheavals which cross the Caucasus, branches off the latter at Borbalo Peak (10,175 ft.), and reaches its highest altitudes in Tebulosmta (14,775 ft.) and Diklos-mta (13,740 ft.).

  • On the other hand, there are on the western outskirts of the plateau a few mountain chains which take a direction at right angles to the above (that is, from north-west to south-east), and parallel to the great line of upheavals in south-west Asia.

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