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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: explosive

plosive

 noun
     
Related topics: Linguistics
plo‧sive [countable]
technicalSL a consonant sound that is made by completely stopping the flow of air out of your mouth and then suddenly letting it out, as when saying /b/ or /t/
—plosive adjective
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