Hyphenation of emaciate

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

ema-ci-ate

Definitions of emaciate:

1.	Cause to grow thin or weak The treatment emaciated him
2.	Grow weak and thin or waste away physically She emaciated during the chemotherapy

Synonyms of emaciate:

verb	waste, macerate, enfeeble, debilitate, drain
verb	change state, turn

Last hyphenations of this language

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