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slaughter

How many syllables in slaughter?

  2 syllables

Divide slaughter into syllables:   slaugh-ter
Stressed syllable in slaughter:   slaugh-ter
How to pronounce slaughter:   slaw-ter
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Synonyms for slaughter


1 syllable
  • beat
  • kill
  • rout
  • snuff
  • trounce
  • crush
  • loss
  • slay
  • thrash
2 syllables
  • bloodbath
  • butcher
  • defeat
  • hammer
  • murder
  • wasting
  • bloodshed
  • carnage
  • dispatch
  • killing
  • slaying
3 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with slaughter

    2 syllables
    • daughter
    • water
    • lawter
    3 syllables
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