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noun (n)

• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it(noun.communication)

  Example:
  His stop consonants are too aspirated.
  

  Synonym:
  occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop
  Antonym:
  continuant, continuant consonant
  

  source: wordnet30