Hyphenation of eruption

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

erup-tion

Definitions of eruption:

1.	The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
2.	Symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible
3.	(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
4.	A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) The outbreak of hostilities
5.	A sudden very loud noise
6.	The emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum

Synonyms of eruption:

noun	volcanic eruption, discharge
noun	symptom
noun	eructation, extravasation, action, activity, activeness
noun	outbreak, irruption, happening, occurrence, natural event
noun	bang, clap, blast, loud noise, noise
noun	emergence, egress, issue

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.