Hyphenation of suction

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

suc-tion

Definitions of suction:

1.	A force over an area produced by a pressure difference
2.	The act of sucking
3.	Remove or draw away by the force of suction The doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs
4.	Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction Suction the uterus in an abortion

Synonyms of suction:

noun	pressure, pressure level, force per unit area
noun	sucking, suck, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
verb	evacuate, void, empty

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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.