massive upheaval
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmassiveandupheaval
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massive
adjective
uk/ˈmæs.ɪv/us/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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upheaval
noun[C or U]
uk/ʌpˈhiː.vəl/us/ʌpˈhiː.vəl/
a great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity, ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandupheavalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The preponderance of scholarship makes sense given the rural base of the largest insurgent armies in thatmassiveupheaval, and the unprecedented agrarian reforms, however problematic, that followed.
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It would be amassiveupheavalin the whole philosophy of law and practice in this country if we did that.
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First, there will be—and, indeed, already is—massiveupheavaland distraction of effort.
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The whole thing is a scene ofmassiveupheaval.
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What is the justification for thismassiveupheaval?
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The reorganisation of local government has only just been completed and the repercussions of thismassiveupheavalare still to be felt.
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I do not accept that there is likely to be amassiveupheaval.
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Already they have had to adjust to onemassiveupheaval.
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Will there be amassiveupheavalof a policy which is popular at the moment, as all the opinion polls show?
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This has causedmassiveupheavalin teaching practice.
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Agriculture has, during this time, undergone amassiveupheavaland has been involved in many expected, and unexpected, stresses.
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There will bemassiveupheavalin the industry, a less efficient system to the detriment of the old and the cold and those who have to pay electricity bills.
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It was known that the world was going to move from 12 miles to 200 miles and that there would be amassiveupheavalfor the world's fishing fleets.
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In that year, the industry and its customers had to try to come to terms with themassiveupheavalthat was imposed on them by the fragmentation of the network.
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It represents once again a massive extension of police powers and the potential risk formassiveupheaval and destruction of individuals' lives if they are caught by the provision.
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On the opening title track, he warns of how one and all got to face reality now in a world ofmassiveupheavaland change.
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The paragraph also has the temerity to say that massive upheavals are costly and cause uncertain ties.
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We have had massive upheavals—change that has driven the education service almost to the point of breakdown—but they have been mostly directed at systems.
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