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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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