upheave
Americanverb (used with object)
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to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
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to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano.
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to cause a major disturbance or disorder in.
The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to heave or rise upwards
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geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards
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(tr) to disturb violently; throw into disorder
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of upheave
First recorded in 1250–1300, upheave is from the Middle English word upheven. See up-, heave
Example Sentences
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All her life she had been servile—servile with the sudden rare tremendous insurrections that upheave certain natures brought up in servility, swift tempests more devastating than the steady fighting of systematic rebels.
From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von
Every day of my life I will upheave my soul from its inmost fastenings, and not suffer a blur to settle upon it.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
A moment passed, the upheave of the shoulders became more pronounced, he rose swiftly and walked to Cassandra’s side.
From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
One would have it stop, take heed, upheave....
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl, and learn the trade of shoe-making.
From True Stories of History and Biography by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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