Hyphenation of weaken

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

weak-en

Definitions of weaken:

1.	Lessen the strength of The fever weakened his body
2.	Become weaker The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
3.	Destroy property or hinder normal operations The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
4.	Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of De-escalate a crisis
5.	Lessen in force or effect Soften a shock Break a fall

Synonyms of weaken:

verb	change, alter, modify
verb	decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
verb	sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, disobey
verb	de-escalate, step down, decrease, lessen, minify
verb	dampen, damp, soften, break, deaden, blunt

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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.