DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
upheaval
/əp'hivəl/ · əphivəl
Upheaval has 3 syllables: up · heav · al.
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noun. A violent disturbance.
noun. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally).
noun. Disturbance usually in protest.
noun. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
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