Hyphenation of pestilence

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

pesti-lence

Definitions of pestilence:

1.	A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
2.	Any epidemic disease with a high death rate
3.	A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of Racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation According to him
4.	I was the canker in their midst

Synonyms of pestilence:

noun	plague, epidemic disease
noun	influence

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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