Hyphenation of defoliant

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

de-fo-liant

Definitions of defoliant:

1.	A chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off

Synonyms of defoliant:

noun	compound, chemical compound

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