Hyphenation of deportation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word deportation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

de-por-ta-tion

Definitions of deportation:

1.	The act of expelling a person from their native land Men in exile dream of hope His deportation to a penal colony The expatriation of wealthy farmers The sentence was one of transportation for life
2.	The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

Synonyms of deportation:

noun	exile, expatriation, transportation, banishment, proscription
noun	ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

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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.