Hyphenation of defoliation

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

de-fo-li-a-tion

Definitions of defoliation:

1.	The loss of foliage
2.	Causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)

Synonyms of defoliation:

noun	organic process, biological process
noun	change of state

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