English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “tyrannize”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for tyrannize is tyr-an-nize, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
tyr-an-nize
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result tyr-an-nize The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordtyrannize
Hyphenationtyr-an-nize
Break points2
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationˈtɪrənʌɪz
Word breaks

How “tyrannize” is split

tyr·an·nize

For US English, the hyphenation result is tyr-an-nize. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

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Questions about “tyrannize”

How do you hyphenate “tyrannize”?

In the US-English result used here, tyrannize is hyphenated as tyr-an-nize.

Where can “tyrannize” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “tyrannize” mean?

rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly.

Can you use “tyrannize” in a sentence?

“she tyrannized her family”

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