Thesaurus results for BOULEVERSEMENT

bouleversement

noun

bül-ˌver-sə-ˈmäⁿ

Definition of bouleversement

as in upheaval

a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order) the bouleversement in the print media since the rise of the Internet

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Drawing on home movies, street-protest footage, newspapers, sketches, photographs, and recorded voices, Ahangarani intertwines her life story with more than four decades of political upheaval.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
At a time of massive industry upheaval, most observers believe that the company will have to lay off droves of workers to bring its costs down.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of upheaval

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As this revolution unfolds, the debris-clearing, satellite-rescuing capabilities of RPOs could ensure the sky doesn’t fall, keeping the orbital environment safe and accessible for all.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
Many English, Welsh and Scottish people and most Irish people remained Catholic and thus opposed to the official religion, but the state churches were marching steadily away from them and toward fundamentalist revolution.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of revolution

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By 1926, Caltech was running the Seismo Lab with the Carnegie Institution, where seismologists like Beno Gutenberg and Charles Richter would deepen our understanding of earthquakes.

— Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2026
But among their best qualities, Dick Riordan was arrogantly confident, Jim Hahn had a steady hand on the tiller, Antonio Villaraigosa was tireless and passionate, Eric Garcetti was a long-range thinker on earthquakes, water and energy.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of earthquake

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Amendment is also a constitution’s mechanism for the prevention of insurrection.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
As Port falls in with a group of conspirators preparing for the insurrection, the book takes on a hallucinatory, digressive quality, blurring the lines between life and death, reality and illusion.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of insurrection

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