Hyphenation of defoliated

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word defoliated? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

de-fo-li-at-ed

Definitions of defoliated:

1.	Deprived of leaves

Synonyms of defoliated:

adj	defoliate, leafless

Last hyphenations of this language

divisibly grandesque goldenhair pompeiian agroan amesaces initiatrices midriff semifusion makar reobtaining Paleo-christian gibbetted disunified ptyalagogic ceram quercine tritiums phaeodarian

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.