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explodes

How many syllables in explodes?

  2 syllables

Divide explodes into syllables:   ex-plodes
Stressed syllable in explodes:   ex-plodes
How to pronounce explodes:   eks-splohds
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What rhymes with explodes

1 syllable
  • bodes
  • loads
  • modes
  • odes
  • road's
  • toads
  • codes
  • lodes
  • nodes
  • Rhodes
  • roads
2 syllables
  • abodes
  • corrodes
  • implodes
  • unload
  • busloads
  • erodes
  • reloads
6 syllables
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