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noun (n)

• a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  sturm und drang, turbulence
  

  source: wordnet30
• a violent disturbance(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  convulsion, turmoil
  

  source: wordnet30
• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  uplift, upthrow, upthrust
  

  source: wordnet30
• disturbance usually in protest(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.(noun)

  source: webster1913