How many syllables in predation?

There are 3 syllables in the word predation.

Divide predation into syllables:

predation (noun):: the killing by one living organism of another for food; the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey.; a mode of life in which food is primarily obtained by the killing and consuming of animals

depredation

desecration

despoiling

despoilment

destruction

hunt

looting

marauding

pillage

pillaging

plunder

plundering

ransacking

sabotage

sacking

spoliation

wrecking

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