"create upheaval" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe a situation when something changes drastically, introducing disorder and confusion. Example sentence: The proposed legislation is likely to create upheaval among the populace.
The leak of 11.5m files from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca continues to create upheaval around the world.
"It would create upheaval, really chaos at a time when the county needs stability and methodical, intelligent thinking," said Judith A. Jacobs of Woodbury, the legislature's presiding Democrat.
It also highlights how big cable mergers can create upheaval for consumers caught in the changeover.
It is unfortunate that stopping this practice may create upheaval in family life, for women in particular.
He continued: "It has to deal with the affirmation of hate groups who over three centuries of this country's history have made it their mission to create upheaval in minority communities as their reason for existence.
In order not to create upheaval, lose love or make someone uncomfortable (myself included), I would withhold saying or doing things that would demonstrate my authentic nature or bring me joy.
And this huge shift has also created upheaval in the boardrooms of the businesses that the PC made rich.
It will also tell a broader story of how the introduction of e-books created upheaval in the publishing industry — with guest appearances by major players like Amazon and Barnes & Noble and e-mails from the late Steven P. Jobs, Apple's former chief executive.
DealBook » E-Book Antitrust Trial Puts Apple in Spotlight | A trial begins this week over whether Apple conspired with publishers to raise prices in the e-book market, and it will "tell a broader story of how the introduction of e-books created upheaval in the publishing industry," The New York Times writes.
Therefore, an entrepreneur is someone who takes a risk, focusing on innovation and improvement that creates upheaval and change.
Joanne Segars, chief executive of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), said: "Pension funds are relieved that RPI has been left intact because rewiring this crucial measure would have created upheaval for both inflation-linked pension fund investments, and the income of current and future pensioners.
