Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of upheave
nounupheaving (plural upheavings)
plural upheavings
- upheaval
With great social, political, and religious upheavings, it is trying to escape from the thraldom of the dark ages.
1866, The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine
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