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plosive

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Noun

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- his stop consonants are too aspirated

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Synonyms:
stop consonant stop occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound
Antonyms:
continuant consonant continuant

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