Hyphenation of catastrophe

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word catastrophe ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

cat-a-stro-phe

Definitions of catastrophe :

1.	An event resulting in great loss and misfortune The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity The earthquake was a disaster
2.	A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune Lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system His policies were a disaster
3.	A sudden violent change in the earth's surface

Synonyms of catastrophe :

noun	calamity, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm, misfortune, bad luck
noun	disaster, adversity, hardship, hard knocks
noun	cataclysm, geological phenomenon

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.