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narcotics

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "narcotics" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables

9 characters

English (US)

Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “narcotics” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.

2syllables

narcotics

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

narcotics is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, narcotics is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofnarcotics

1noun

Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
Any type of numbing drug.

Nearby Words

17 words

Before

narcotic narcotical narcotically narcoticalness narcoticism narcoticness narcotico-acrid narcotico-irritant

narcotics(current)

After

narcotin narcotina narcotine narcotinic narcotisation narcotise narcotised narcotising

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