Hyphenation of overcome

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

over-come

Definitions of overcome:

1.	Win a victory over You must overcome all difficulties Defeat your enemies He overcame his shyness He overcame his infirmity Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
2.	Get on top of Deal with successfully He overcame his shyness
3.	Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
4.	Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome Heart disease can get the best of us

Synonyms of overcome:

adj	flooded, inundated, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed, powerless, weak
verb	get the better of, defeat
verb	get over, subdue, surmount, master, get the better of, defeat
verb	overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overtake, arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
verb	get the best, have the best, get the better of, defeat

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