Hyphenation of assault

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

as-sault

Definitions of assault:

1.	Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
2.	A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
3.	Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
4.	The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
5.	Attack someone physically or emotionally The mugger assaulted the woman Nightmares assailed him regularly
6.	Force (someone) to have sex against their will The woman was raped on her way home at night
7.	Attack in speech or writing The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

Synonyms of assault:

noun	battle, conflict, fight, engagement
noun	attack, attempt
noun	Assault, thoroughbred
noun	rape, violation, ravishment, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense
verb	assail, set on, attack
verb	rape, ravish, violate, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, assail, set on, attack
verb	attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart

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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.