upheaval

The upheaval of the school community is reflected in its enrollment.

The fire survivors are in limbo, still, with no idea how many years of upheaval they’re in for.

He likened the potential upheaval to a storm on the horizon, an “incredibly turbulent environment with looming thunderheads in all different directions.”

Whether tomorrow brings cosmic upheaval, one thing is certain: the next apocalypse is always just around the corner.

St Catherine's Monastery has endured many upheavals through the past millennium and a half but, when the oldest of the monks at the site originally moved there, it was still a remote retreat.