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

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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.