Hyphenation of explosion

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

ex-plo-sion

Definitions of explosion:

1.	A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
2.	The act of exploding or bursting The explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children The burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
3.	A sudden great increase The population explosion The information explosion
4.	The noise caused by an explosion The explosion was heard a mile away
5.	The terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
6.	A sudden outburst An explosion of laughter An explosion of rage
7.	A golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

Synonyms of explosion:

noun	detonation, blowup, discharge
noun	burst, change of integrity
noun	increase
noun	noise
noun	plosion, release, tone ending
noun	effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition
noun	golf stroke, golf shot, swing

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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.