Hyphenation of devastating

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

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Definitions of devastating:

1.	Making light of Afire with annihilating invective A devastating portrait of human folly To compliments inflated I've a withering reply- W.S.Gilbert
2.	Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction Possessing annihilative power A devastating hurricane The guns opened a withering fire
3.	Physically or spiritually devastating Often used in combination A crushing blow A crushing rejection Bone-crushing

Synonyms of devastating:

adj	annihilating, withering, disrespectful
adj	annihilative, annihilating, withering, destructive
adj	crushing, destructive

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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.