tremendous upheaval

collocation in English

meaningsoftremendousandupheaval

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tremendous
adjective
uk
/trɪˈmen.dəs/
us
/trɪˈmen.dəs/
very great in amount or level, or ...
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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 oftremendousandupheavalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They have signed up to a deal that involvestremendousupheavalin the sector.
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What now appears atremendousupheavalwill be considered a minor change in the years to come.
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All the indications are that there will be atremendousupheavalwhich will be so vast that some services are bound to be impaired.
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There would betremendousupheavaland great anxiety; and the work that it does would be seriously put back.
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European farmers have signed up to a reform deal that involvestremendousupheavalin the sector, but at least they know where they are heading.
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As it is,tremendousupheavalis caused by these arrivals, to say nothing of confusion, delay and frustration.
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If my memory serves me right, there was atremendousupheavalas to what was the rent that we were paying in 1914.
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Thetremendousupheavalproved to be extremely expensive for ratepayers and serious action is needed.
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He will get the advantage of thistremendousupheavalwhich is going to sweep many to his works for a patriotic task.
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But, of course, they are told that we must wait for the local boundary revision, because that would mean atremendousupheaval.
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There was atremendousupheavalin the area.
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Over 200,000 people have been displaced, and that has meant atremendousupheaval.
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This is atremendousupheavalin local government.
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I mention this to show that every time a service is nationalised or de-nationalised, there is atremendousupheavalfor the people in the service.
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It would be dangerous because of thetremendousupheavalthat such taxation would cause.
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I think that we might now ask, what is the reason of thistremendousupheaval?
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A quick withdrawal on our part would lead to atremendousupheavalin social conditions in the area, with appalling consequences: for we have been there too long.
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There was atremendousupheaval.
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