applosion

noun

ap·​plo·​sion

əˈplōzhən,

(ˈ)a¦p-

plural -s

phonetics

: interruption and compression of the breath in the production of a stop

Word History

Etymology

ad- + -plosion (as in explosion, implosion)

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