Hyphenation of deter

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

de-ter

Definitions of deter:

1.	Try to prevent Show opposition to We should discourage this practice among our youth
2.	Turn away from by persuasion Negative campaigning will only dissuade people

Synonyms of deter:

verb	discourage, disapprove, reject
verb	dissuade, advise, counsel

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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.