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devastation

How many syllables in devastation?

  789346521 syllables

Divide devastation into syllables:   dev-as-ta-tion
Primary syllable stress:   dev-as-ta-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   dev-as-ta-tion
How to pronounce devastation:   dev-uh-stey-shun
How to say devastation:

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Synonyms for devastation


1 syllable
  • waste
    2 syllables
    • damage
    • ruin
    • ravages
    • wreckage
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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    What rhymes with devastation

    1 syllable
    • corp
      2 syllables
      • Haitian
      • ration
      • nation
      • station
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
      6 syllables
      7 syllables
      8 syllables
      9 syllables
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