Hyphenation of upheaval

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word upheaval? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

up-heaval

Definitions of upheaval:

1.	A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) The industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
2.	A violent disturbance The convulsions of the stock market
3.	(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
4.	Disturbance usually in protest

Synonyms of upheaval:

noun	turbulence, Sturm und Drang, disorder
noun	convulsion, turmoil, disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
noun	uplift, upthrow, upthrust, rise, rising, ascent, ascension
noun	agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo, disturbance

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