Hyphenation of scouring

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

scour-ing

Definitions of scouring:

1.	Moving over territory to search for something Scouring the entire area revealed nothing
2.	The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

Synonyms of scouring:

noun	search, hunt, hunting
noun	scrub, scrubbing, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup

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Hyphenator

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