Hyphenation of starvation

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

star-va-tion

Definitions of starvation:

1.	A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
2.	The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine The besiegers used starvation to induce surrender They were charged with the starvation of children in their care

Synonyms of starvation:

noun	famishment, hunger, hungriness
noun	starving, privation, deprivation

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.