Hyphenation of repellents

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word repellents? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

re-pel-lents

Definitions of repellents:

1.	A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
2.	A chemical substance that repels animals
3.	The power to repel She knew many repellents to his advances
4.	Serving or tending to repel He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful I find his obsequiousness repellent
5.	Highly offensive Arousing aversion or disgust A disgusting smell Distasteful language A loathsome disease The idea of eating meat is repellent to me Revolting food A wicked stench
6.	Incapable of absorbing or mixing with A water-repellent fabric Plastic highly resistant to steam and water

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Hyphenator

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