Hyphenation of explosive

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

ex-plo-sive

Definitions of explosive:

1.	A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
2.	Serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst An explosive device Explosive gas Explosive force Explosive violence An explosive temper
3.	Liable to lead to sudden change or violence An explosive issue A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation
4.	Sudden and loud An explosive laugh

Synonyms of explosive:

adj	explosive, bursting, detonating, exploding, detonative
adj	volatile, unstable
adj	sudden
noun	chemical

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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.