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obliterate

How many syllables in obliterate?

  4 syllables

Divide obliterate into syllables:   ob-lit-er-ate
Stressed syllable in obliterate:   ob-lit-er-ate
How to pronounce obliterate:   uh-blit-er-eyt
How to say obliterate:

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Synonyms for obliterate


2 syllables
  • delete
  • efface
  • wipe out
  • destroy
  • expunge
3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    • reduce to nothing
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      What rhymes with obliterate

      3 syllables
        4 syllables
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