plosion

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

explosion bang killing missile injury mine outbreak torpedo burst blast wreck gust blowup blowing up blowing out

Antonyms

improve repair

Hypernyms

release tone ending

Related terms

plosive

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

plopper plopping ploppy plosive plosive consonant plosive speech sound