Hyphenation of overcome

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

over-come

Definitions of overcome:

1.
Win a victory over
You must overcome all difficulties Defeat your enemies He overcame his shyness He overcame his infirmity Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
2.
Get on top of
Deal with successfully He overcame his shyness
3.
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
4.
Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
Heart disease can get the best of us

Synonyms of overcome:

adj flooded, inundated, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed, powerless, weak
verbget the better of, defeat
verbget over, subdue, surmount, master, get the better of, defeat
verb overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overtake, arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
verbget the best, have the best, get the better of, defeat

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