syncop ( synonym found)
Definition of syncop:

°A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
"1973: the rapidly-whitening face, the miserable fixed smile, meant a syncope within the next few bars. -- Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise"
°A missing sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of placenames in -cester (e.g. Leicester) as -ster.
Definition of syncop:

°A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
"1973: the rapidly-whitening face, the miserable fixed smile, meant a syncope within the next few bars. -- Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise"
°A missing sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of placenames in -cester (e.g. Leicester) as -ster.
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