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short-circuit

How many syllables in short-circuit?

  3 syllables

Divide short-circuit into syllables:   short-cir-cuit
Primary syllable stress:   short-cir-cuit
Secondary syllable stress:   short-cir-cuit
How to say short-circuit:

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