Hyphenation of battered

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

bat-tered

Definitions of battered:

1.	Damaged by blows or hard usage A battered old car The beaten-up old Ford
2.	Damaged especially by hard usage His battered old hat
3.	Exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury A battered child The battered woman syndrome

Synonyms of battered:

adj	beat-up, beaten-up, damaged
adj	worn
adj	beaten, abused, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated

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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.