Hyphenation of overstrain

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

over-strain

Definitions of overstrain:

1.	Too much strain
2.	Strain excessively He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment

Synonyms of overstrain:

noun	strain
verb	overextend, strain, extend

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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