Hyphenation of punitive

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

puni-tive

Definitions of punitive:

1.	Inflicting punishment Punitive justice Punitive damages

Synonyms of punitive:

adj	punitive, punitory, correctional, penal, penitentiary, retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory

Last hyphenations of this language

outkill face-ache nete devisors bogued elasticin semilegislative chairmending technicians ungulite Delisle EXPULSION ornithodelphian octocoralline brooding gauze Beckmann quindecillionth maintain

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