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assassinate

How many syllables in assassinate?

  4 syllables

Divide assassinate into syllables:   as-sas-si-nate
How to pronounce assassinate:   uh-sas-uh-neyt
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Synonyms for assassinate


1 syllable
  • kill
  • shoot
  • snuff
  • lynch
  • slay
2 syllables
  • dispatch
  • murder
3 syllables
    4 syllables
    • eliminate
    • kill in cold blood
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    What rhymes with assassinate

    3 syllables
      4 syllables
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