Hyphenation of displace

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

dis-place

Definitions of displace:

1.	Cause to move, usually with force or pressure The refugees were displaced by the war
2.	Take the place of or have precedence over Live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
3.	Terminate the employment of Discharge from an office or position The boss fired his secretary today The company terminated 25% of its workers
4.	Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense Move those boxes into the corner
5.	Please I'm moving my money to another bank The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant

Synonyms of displace:

verb	move
verb	force out, move
verb	uproot, deracinate, place
verb	move
verb	dislodge, bump, expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
verb	dislocate, resettle

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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.