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despoil

How many syllables in despoil?

  2 syllables

Divide despoil into syllables:   de-spoil
Stressed syllable in despoil:   de-spoil
How to pronounce despoil:   dih-spoil
How to say despoil:

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Synonyms for despoil


1 syllable
  • spoil
  • wreck
2 syllables
  • damage
  • defile
  • plunder
  • ruin
  • deface
  • pillage
  • ravage
3 syllables
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with despoil

    2 syllables
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