Hyphenation of holocaust

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word holocaust? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

holo-caust

Definitions of holocaust:

1.	An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) A nuclear holocaust
2.	The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945

Synonyms of holocaust:

noun	destruction, devastation
noun	Holocaust, final solution, genocide, race murder, racial extermination

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.