Hyphenation of prohibitive

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

pro-hib-i-tive

Definitions of prohibitive:

1.	Tending to discourage (especially of prices) The price was prohibitive

Synonyms of prohibitive:

adj	prohibitory, preventive, preventative

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