Hyphenation of abuses

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

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Definitions of abuses:

1.	Cruel or inhumane treatment The child showed signs of physical abuse
2.	A rude expression intended to offend or hurt When a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse They yelled insults at the visiting team
3.	Improper or excessive use Alcohol abuse The abuse of public funds
4.	Treat badly This boss abuses his workers She is always stepping on others to get ahead
5.	Change the inherent purpose or function of something Don't abuse the system The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
6.	Use foul or abusive language towards The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket The angry mother shouted at the teacher
7.	Use wrongly or improperly or excessively Her husband often abuses alcohol While she was pregnant
8.	She abused drugs

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.