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cross-examination

How many syllables in cross-examination?

  6 syllables

Divide cross-examination into syllables:   cross-ex-am-i-na-tion
Primary syllable stress:   cross-ex-am-i-na-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   cross-ex-am-i-na-tion
How to say cross-examination:

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      What rhymes with cross-examination

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