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defensed

How many syllables in defensed?

  2 syllables

Divide defensed into syllables:   de-fensed
How to say defensed:

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What rhymes with defensed

1 syllable
  • cents
  • fence
  • pence
  • sense
  • tense
  • whence
  • dense
  • hence
  • pense
  • Spence
  • thence
2 syllables
  • commence
  • defence
  • dispense
  • Ferenc
  • incense
  • offense
  • suspense
  • condense
  • defense
  • expense
  • immense
  • intense
  • pretense
3 syllables
4 syllables
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