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slaying

How many syllables in slaying?

  2 syllables

Divide slaying into syllables:   slay-ing
How to say slaying:

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Synonyms for slaying


2 syllables
  • killing
  • wasting
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • contract killing
  • unlawful death
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with slaying

    2 syllables
    • baying
    • frayings
    • haying
    • paying
    • praying
    • saying
    • slayings
    • staying
    • strayling
    • weighin
    • fraying
    • graying
    • laying
    • playing
    • preying
    • sayings
    • spraying
    • straying
    • swaying
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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