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Definition of "plosion" []

  • The articulation of a plosive sound. (noun)
  • The sudden release of occluded air characteristically occurring in the articulation of certain stop consonants. Also called explosion. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "plosion" in a sentence
  • "July fireworks into a bursting full tilt, hi-def, fruit loop weird-plosion."
  • "A New info-plosion Event info-plosion (info-plosion began in 2005 and runs through March 2011)."
  • "The Cote d'Azur is weathering the dot-plosion better than most tech regions."