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  • noun Plural form of occlusive.

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Examples

  • Some existing body wash technologies are focused on minimizing protein damage and alleviating visual symptoms of moisture loss by adding heavy moisturizing ingredients (occlusives) that sit on top of skin.

    An Island Life 2009

  • It's close enough to Anglo-Saxon for me, even though as a Scandinavian language it fronts the dental occlusives or some shit like that.

    languagehat.com: THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH MOVEMENT. 2004

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