Hyphenation of alienate

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

alien-ate

Definitions of alienate:

1.	Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
2.	Transfer property or ownership The will aliened the property to the heirs
3.	Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated The boring work alienated his employees

Synonyms of alienate:

verb	estrange, alien, disaffect, change, alter, modify
verb	alien, transfer

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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