To rise or be heaved upward with violence or force, especially of the earth or another massive surface. The earthquake caused the ground to upheave, creating large cracks in the earth.
To disrupt or overturn radically; to upend. The new policy upheaved the company's traditional way of doing business.
To lift or raise (something) upward or out of place with great force. The glacier slowly upheaved huge slabs of rock to the surface.