1) Ado 2) Catastrophe 3) Chaos 4) Commotion 5) Confusion 6) Disaster 7) Elevation 8) Ferment 9) Hullabaloo 10) Mess 11) Rebellion 12) Revolt 13) Sturm und drang 14) Tremor 15) Tumult 16) Turmoil 17) Unrest 18) Uplift 19) Uproar 20) Upthrow 21) Upthrust 1) Cataclysmic change 2) Disorder 3) Great disruption 4) Radical change 5) Strong disturbance 6) Sturm und drang 7) Sudden disruption 8) Sudden, violent disturbance 9) The state of being upheaved 10) Turbulence 11) Violent change 12) Violent change or disruption 13) Violent disturbance 
• (n.) The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth`s crust.
[n] - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
uplift noun (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war. · an act of upheaving, esp. of a part of the earth's crust. · the state of being upheaved. · an upward warping of a part of the earth's crust, forcing certain areas into a relatively higher position than before.
[SAT terms] disturbance usually in protest a violent disturbance