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bouleversement

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bou⋅le⋅ver⋅se⋅ment

[booluh-vers-mahn]
–noun French.
an overturning; convulsion; turmoil.
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bou·le·ver·se·ment   (bōō'lə-věr'sə-mäɴ')   
n.  
  1. A violent uproar; a tumult.

  2. A reversal.


[French, from Old French bouleverser, to overturn : boule, ball (from Latin bulla) + verser, to overturn (from Old French, from Latin versāre, frequentative of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots).]
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