upheaval

2 definitions • 3 examples

a great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity, or trouble:

Yesterday's coup brought further upheaval to a country already struggling with famine.

I'm not sure it's worth the upheaval of moving to gain just a little more space.

(a) great change, causing or involving difficulty or trouble:

[ U ] The long garbage strike in 1970 caused much political upheaval.