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attrition

How many syllables in attrition?

  3 syllables

Divide attrition into syllables:   at-tri-tion
Stressed syllable in attrition:   at-tri-tion
How to pronounce attrition:   uh-trish-un
How to say attrition:

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Synonyms for attrition


1 syllable
  • wear
    2 syllables
      3 syllables
      • abrasion
      • grinding down
      4 syllables
      • eating away
      • slow destruction
      • gnawing away
      • wearing away
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      What rhymes with attrition

      2 syllables
      • fission
      • Titian
      • mission
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
      6 syllables
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