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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
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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
      • corp
        2 syllables
        • Haitian
        • ration
        • nation
        • station
        3 syllables
        4 syllables
        5 syllables
        6 syllables
        7 syllables
        8 syllables
        9 syllables
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