Hyphenation of exterminate

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

ex-ter-mi-nate

Definitions of exterminate:

1.	Kill en masse Kill on a large scale Kill many Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews
2.	Gypsies
3.	Communists
4.	And homosexuals of Europe
5.	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption

Synonyms of exterminate:

verb	kill off, kill
verb	uproot, eradicate, extirpate, destroy, destruct

Last hyphenations of this language

exobiological salvationist bestir laureate tholeiite housecleaning agate cleanskin slut margarodid abuser accumulative acicular hogan pharmacopoeia lifeboatmen sympatry well-wish credit

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.