plosive

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The X-plosive shell completely volatilized the stranger and hurled the party backward toward the

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or being a speech sound produced by complete closure of the oral passage and subsequent release accompanied by a burst of air, as in the sound (p) in pit or (d) in dog.
  2. noun A plosive speech sound.

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  • Highlights include some early deathmatching between Romero and Shawn Green (the sounds had yet to be finalized, so Romero indulges us and fills in the audiophonic blanks with moist plosive mouth noises), as well as Bobby Prince serenading the camera with the lyrics of the —  Geek.com
  • The trouble is that as anyone who has ever tried to lengthen the daleth knows, this can simply not be done - the letter d is a plosive consonant (i.e. it is formed by the expulsion of air from the mouth in one, explosive burst, and by definition cannot be extended). —  Esser Agaroth
  • Moments ago, the tournament room at Casino Hohensyburg was treated to sound No 414b, catalogued as "an outrageous plosive bellow defining the vanquishing of a Team PokerStars Pro by virtue of a rivered four-outer (pots of 50,000-plus, Eastern European, sub-variant)". —  PokerStars Poker Blog
  • ADVERTISEMENT plosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team removed the device and carried out a controlled explosion.
  • Seaton stood motionless, his right hand raised in the universal sign of peace, his left holding at his hip an automatic pistol charged with X-plosive shells--while Crane, at the controls, had the Fenachrone super-generator in line, and his hand lay upon the switch, whose closing would volatilize the submarine and cut an incandescent path of destruction through the city lengthwise After a moment of inaction, a hatch opened, a man stepped out upon the deck of the submarine, and the two tried to converse, but with no success. —  Skylark Three
 

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