UPHEAVE Definition & Meaning

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upheave

[ uhp-heev ]

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verb (used with object)

upheaved or uphove, upheaving.

to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano.
to cause a major disturbance or disorder in:
The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.

verb (used without object)

upheaved or uphove, upheaving.

to rise upward, especially extensively or powerfully.

upheave

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verb

to heave or rise upwards
geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards
tr to disturb violently; throw into disorder

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of upheave¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, upheave is from the Middle English word upheven. See up-, heave

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“If I had known, I’d have had a heart attack,” he said also, a reference to a point when things went especially upheaved.

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But as other states have led the way in upheaving their systems, Washington has been slow to follow suit.

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A little later, he sees that the disk had disappeared and “in its place was a billow of blood, for so it looked, a vast upheaved billow of glowing blood surging on the horizon.”

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“She can claim credit for upheaving what is perceived as corruption or ethical issues in state politics, the very thing Mike Parson represents as governor.”

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The first time I came to Hammars, I was barely a year old and knew nothing about the great and upheaving love that had brought me there.

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