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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Noun

Barring some major upheaval, there won’t be any further relocating.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
Lifetime appointments typically come with a remove from political upheaval, even of the scale of Tuesday’s elections where Democrats regained control of both the House and Senate.

— Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of upheaval

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Still, the promise of a once-in-a-generation technological revolution (even with 90 pages of warnings and caveats in its more-than-300-page filing) could make Anthropic the biggest IPO in history.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Following their Sega failure, Nvidia invented a graphics processing unit (GPU), a semiconductor, or chip, that has fueled the AI revolution and made Nvidia one of the most valuable companies in the world.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of revolution

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The disaster market — when real estate speculators scoop up properties in the wake of a disaster — happens quite often in Southern California, a region battered by fires, earthquakes, landslides and floods.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Some residents near the launch facilities have long expressed worries about disruptive sonic booms — which can be as loud as gunshots and register as small earthquakes — and collectively filed a lawsuit this year.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of earthquake

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Trump spent the day at the White House watching coverage, watching Fox News, trying to give himself an insurrection.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2026
By then, graffiti had been scrubbed from the central monument that pays tribute to the French Republic, including its tradition of insurrection.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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