Hyphenation of amputate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word amputate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

am-pu-tate

Definitions of amputate:

1.	Remove surgically Amputate limbs

Synonyms of amputate:

verb	cut off, remove, take, take away, withdraw

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.