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self-sacrificing

How many syllables in self-sacrificing?

  5 syllables

Divide self-sacrificing into syllables:   self-sac-ri-fi-cing
Primary syllable stress:   self-sac-ri-fi-cing
Secondary syllable stress:   self-sac-ri-fi-cing
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Synonyms for self-sacrificing


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