Hyphenation of disinfectant

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

dis-in-fec-tant

Definitions of disinfectant:

1.	An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
2.	Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms

Synonyms of disinfectant:

adj	bactericidal, germicidal, antiseptic
noun	germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial, agent

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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.