bouleversement
Americannoun
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For the second time in his life Amory had had a complete bouleversement and was hurrying into line with his generation.
From This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
This amounted to a bouleversement suprême of the usual order of things, and it was no wonder that there was disquietude among his hearers.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
There must be a bouleversement of things as they are, or good-bye to everything except emptiness.
From The Judgment House by Parker, Gilbert
He was indeed born a Revolutionist; and if he had not found the elements of a bouleversement, was competent to have created them.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
Revolution -- N. revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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