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asphyxiate

How many syllables in asphyxiate?

  4 syllables

Divide asphyxiate into syllables:   as-phyx-i-ate
Stressed syllable in asphyxiate:   as-phyx-i-ate
How to pronounce asphyxiate:   as-fik-see-eyt
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Synonyms for asphyxiate


1 syllable
  • choke
    2 syllables
    • smother
    • strangle
    • stifle
    3 syllables
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    What rhymes with asphyxiate

    3 syllables
      4 syllables
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      cats = many cats
      cat's = belongs to one cat
      cats' = belongs to many cats
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