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Egressive

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Going or directed outward.
  2. 2
    Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
  3. 3
    descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.

    "This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake."

Noun
  1. 1
    A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

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