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pesticide

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

3 syllables
9 characters
English (US)
3syllables

pesticide

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

pesticide is a polysyllabic word with 3 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, pesticide is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofpesticide

1noun
  • Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
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