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assault

How many syllables in assault?

  2 syllables

Divide assault into syllables:   as-sault
Stressed syllable in assault:   as-sault
How to pronounce assault:   uh-sawlt
How to say assault:

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Synonyms for assault


1 syllable
  • pelt
  • strike
2 syllables
  • assail
  • batter
  • holdup
  • mugging
  • onslaught
  • stabbing
  • attack
  • foray
  • molest
  • offense
  • seton
  • stickup
3 syllables
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What rhymes with assault

1 syllable
  • dault
  • galt
  • halt
  • malt
  • sault
  • fault
  • gault
  • halte
  • salt
  • vault
2 syllables
  • basalt
  • cobalt
  • default
  • exalt
  • foot fault
  • no-fault
  • rock salt
  • stringhalt
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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