Hyphenation of intercept

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

in-ter-cept

Definitions of intercept:

1.	The point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
2.	Seize on its way The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
3.	Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy Is this hotel room bugged?

Synonyms of intercept:

noun	point
verb	stop, catch, grab, take hold of
verb	wiretap, tap, bug, listen in, eavesdrop

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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.