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assassination

How many syllables in assassination?

  5 syllables

Divide assassination into syllables:   as-sas-si-na-tion
Primary syllable stress:   as-sas-si-na-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   as-sas-si-na-tion
How to say assassination:

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Synonyms for assassination


2 syllables
  • killing
  • shooting
  • wasting
  • murder
  • slaying
3 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with assassination

      1 syllable
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        2 syllables
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        • nation
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        3 syllables
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        5 syllables
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        8 syllables
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