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upheaval
noun [C or U] /ʌpˈhiː.vəl/Definition
› a great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity, or trouble: Yesterday's coup brought further upheaval to a country already struggling with famine. It would cause a tremendous upheaval to install a different computer system.Social order and disorder
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