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dilapidate

How many syllables in dilapidate?

  4 syllables

Divide dilapidate into syllables:   di-lap-i-date
Stressed syllable in dilapidate:   di-lap-i-date
How to pronounce dilapidate:   dih-lap-i-deyt
How to say dilapidate:

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