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Plosion

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Noun
  1. 1
    Pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth. countable, uncountable

    "In Russian, nasal plosion is confined to cases where both the plosive and the nasal consonant have the same primary articulation. In English, however, nasal plosion occurs also in such groups as kn, tm (as in Hackney ['haekni], utmost [ˈʌtmoʊst])."

  2. 2
    the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant wordnet

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