Hyphenation of electrocute

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word electrocute? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

elec-tro-cute

Definitions of electrocute:

1.	Kill by electric shock She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted
2.	Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair The serial killer was electrocuted

Synonyms of electrocute:

verb	kill
verb	fry, kill

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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.