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plosion
[ploh-zhuhn]
noun
Phonetics.
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
plosion
/ ˈpləʊʒən /
noun
Also called: explosion. phonetics the sound of an abrupt break or closure, esp the audible release of a stop
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Raise a Revolution, repeal the Act of Sixty-Two, recon- vert him into an individual, and insist on his immediate ex- plosion!
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