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extirpation

How many syllables in extirpation?

  4 syllables

Divide extirpation into syllables:   ex-tir-pa-tion
Primary syllable stress:   ex-tir-pa-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   ex-tir-pa-tion
How to say extirpation:

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