Hyphenation of oppress

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

op-press

Definitions of oppress:

1.	Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority The government oppresses political activists
2.	Cause to suffer Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union

Synonyms of oppress:

verb	suppress, crush
verb	persecute, torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate

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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.