A side view in each violent upheaval (9)
I believe the answer is:
elevation
'upheaval' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a side view in each violent' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'side' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elevation that I've seen before include "Height - a live note (anag)" , "Height - promotion" , "scale drawing" , "Architectural drawing" , "Drawing of the external face of a building" .)