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searchlight

How many syllables in searchlight?

  2 syllables

Divide searchlight into syllables:   search-light
Primary syllable stress:   search-light
Secondary syllable stress:   search-light
How to pronounce searchlight:   surch-lite
How to say searchlight:

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