upheaval

n. sudden disruption or disturbance (as in the social or political situation); elevation (especially in the surface of the earth)

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Noun
1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
(synonym) turbulence, Sturm und Drang
(hypernym) disorder
(hyponym) agitation, ferment, fermentation, unrest
(classification) politics, political science, government
2. a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
(synonym) convulsion, turmoil
(hypernym) disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
(synonym) uplift, upthrow, upthrust
(hypernym) rise, rising, ascent, ascension
(derivation) upheave
(classification) geology
4. disturbance usually in protest
(synonym) agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo
(hypernym) disturbance

n. rozvrat

Rzecz. wstrząs

(n.)
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.