Bouleversement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil

    "It reflects the feverish hopes, the quick successes, the amazing social bouleversements only possible when all the old elements of society have been poured together and shaken up pellmell."

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breakdownbreakupcataclysmcatastropheclean slateclean sweep

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"It reflects the feverish hopes, the quick successes, the amazing social bouleversements only possible when all the old elements of society have been poured together and shaken up pellmell."

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouleversement.

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