upheave

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We live on a volcanic mass, which at any moment may upheave and blow us to glory without the benefit of the clergy, the most of whom are in the army of Dixie.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

The frozen crust was seen to upheave: and, the next moment, the head of the fox, and afterwards his whole body, appeared above the surface.

From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne

The frozen crust was seen to upheave; and, the next moment, the head of the fox, and afterwards his whole body, appeared above the surface.

From The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by Harvey, William

It is like the volcanic fires that flame in the depths of the earth; it will yet upheave the ocean and the land, and flame up to heaven.

From A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by Cooke, John Esten

The mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William