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combustion

How many syllables in combustion?

  3 syllables

Divide combustion into syllables:   com-bus-tion
Stressed syllable in combustion:   com-bus-tion
How to pronounce combustion:   kum-buhs-chun
How to say combustion:

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Synonyms for combustion


1 syllable
  • blaze
  • fire
2 syllables
  • burning
    3 syllables
      5 syllables
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