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English pronunciation of devastation

devastation

How to pronounce devastation
UK/ˌdev.əˈsteɪ.ʃən/
US/ˌdev.əˈsteɪ.ʃən/
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UK/ˌdev.əˈsteɪ.ʃən/ devastation
  • /d/     as in
    day
  • /e/     as in
    head
  • /v/     as in
    very
  • /ə/     as in
    above
  • /s/     as in
    say
  • /t/     as in
    town
  • /eɪ/     as in
    day
  • /ʃ/     as in
    she
  • /ən/     as in
    sudden
US/ˌdev.əˈsteɪ.ʃən/ devastation
  • /d/     as in
    day
  • /e/     as in
    head
  • /v/     as in
    very
  • /ə/     as in
    above
  • /s/     as in
    say
  • /t/     as in
    town
  • /eɪ/     as in
    day
  • /ʃ/     as in
    she
  • /ən/     as in
    sudden

(English pronunciations of devastation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, both sources © Cambridge University Press)

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