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Dash to break word? (6)

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hyphen

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'dash' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for hyphen that I've seen before include "Dash joining words" , "Punctuation mark separating words" , "A horizontal word joiner" , "Stroke between syllables or words" , "Word-joining mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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