Hyphenation of extinguish

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

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Definitions of extinguish:

1.	Put an end to Kill The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
2.	Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights Too big to be extinguished at once
3.	The forest fires at best could be contained Quench the flames Snuff out the candles
4.	Extinguish by crushing Stub out your cigar
5.	Terminate, end, or take out Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics Socialism extinguished these archaic customs Eliminate my debts
6.	Kill in large numbers The plague wiped out an entire population

Synonyms of extinguish:

verb	snuff out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
verb	snuff out, blow out, quench
verb	stub out, crush out, press out, end, terminate
verb	eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off, kill

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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.