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defense

How many syllables in defense?

  2 syllables

Divide defense into syllables:   de-fense
Stressed syllable in defense:   de-fense
How to say defense:

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Synonyms for defense


1 syllable
  • case
  • plea
  • shell
  • guard
  • she'll
  • shield
2 syllables
  • buffer
  • cover
  • support
  • bulwark
  • excuse
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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What rhymes with defense

1 syllable
  • cents
  • fence
  • pence
  • sense
  • tense
  • whence
  • dense
  • hence
  • pense
  • Spence
  • thence
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
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