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
- upheaver noun
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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And give it only the fulcrum of Plymouth Rock an idea will upheave the continent.
From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)
Every upheave seemed to be followed by a downward settling plunge, as though the ship were already on her way to the bottom.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram
Three days they ride that country, and many a city leave, But the fourth dawn mighty mountains by the inner sea upheave.
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by Morris, William
To my unspeakable and heartfelt relief we were now on the upheave of the curling combers, and those horrible fins were still behind.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram
I never did, and many years went by; Then, near a Southern port, one Christmas Eve, I watched a gale go roaring through the sky, Making the cauldrons of the clouds upheave.
From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
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