upheavals

Noun

• a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
• a violent disturbance
• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
• disturbance usually in protest
• plural of upheaval

Synonyms

agitation, convulsion, excitement, hullabaloo, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust