Hyphenation of colonizes

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

col-o-nizes

Definitions of colonizes:

1.	Settle as a colony Of countries in the developing world Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century
2.	Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) The British colonized the East Coast

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