Main entry: turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo, excitement, agitation
Definition: disturbance usually in protest
Main entry: upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
Definition: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Main entry: upheaval, turmoil, convulsion
Definition: a violent disturbance
Usage: the convulsions of the stock market
Main entry: Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval
Definition: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
Usage: the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence