Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The articulation of a plosive sound.
- noun The sudden release of occluded air characteristically occurring in the articulation of certain stop consonants.
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- noun phonetics Pronunciation of a
consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.
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- noun the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A New info-plosion Event info-plosion (info-plosion began in 2005 and runs through March 2011).
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July fireworks into a bursting full tilt, hi-def, fruit loop weird-plosion.
John McNamara: Palin: Idiot? Genius? Or Something Else? 2009
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The Cote d'Azur is weathering the dot-plosion better than most tech regions.
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Somewhat serious, somewhat tongue in cheek, Why your Movable Type blog must die is a good article on kuro5hin. org about how the blog-plosion is another sad and stupid fad in the sad continuing tale of the Internet.
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The ex-plosion that followed close on his heels rocked the entire prison.
The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
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A muffled ex-plosion echoed from within the shuttle's underside.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
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Tyl rose to alert Lyra but she'd heard the ex-plosion and now joined them on deck.
Voyage To The City Of The Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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Dr Thelma Price was familiar through her numerous television appearances, though she had first made her reputation fifty years ago during the archaeological ex - plosion that had followed the draining of that vast mar - ine museum, the Mediterranean.
Rendezvous with Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1973
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Dr Thelma Price was familiar through her numerous television appearances, though she had first made her reputation fifty years ago during the archaeological ex - plosion that had followed the draining of that vast mar - ine museum, the Mediterranean.
Rendezvous With Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1973
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The Autralian, still shuddering from the ex - plosion, jerked underfoot, rolled, yawed swiftly.
The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972
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