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plosion

[ploh-zhuhn]

plo·sion

[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. Also called explosion. Compare implosion (def. 2).

Origin:
1915–20; shortened form of explosion
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Plosion is always a great word to know.
So is velar. Does it mean:
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w)
articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate
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plosion (ˈpləʊʒən)
 
n
phonetics Also called: explosion the sound of an abrupt break or closure, esp the audible release of a stop

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