Hyphenation of defecate

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

defe-cate

Definitions of defecate :

1.	Have a bowel movement The dog had made in the flower beds

Synonyms of defecate :

verb	stool, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make, excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

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