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Feb 14, 2012
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plo•sive



Pronunciation: (plō'siv), [key] Phonet.

—adj.
(of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.

—n.
Also called explosive. a plosive speech sound.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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