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plosion

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

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Examples English main There are many allophonic processes in English, like lack of plosion, nasal plosion, partial devoicing of sonorants, complete devoicing of sonorants, partial devoicing of obstruents, lengthening and shortening vowels, and retraction. Source: Internet

Note that, generally speaking, stops do not have plosion (a release burst). Source: Internet

However, pulmonic stops do have plosion in other environments. Source: Internet

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