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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=phonetics">phonetics</a>, an <b>occlusive</b>, sometimes known as a <b>stop</b>, is a <a href="page.php?w=consonant">consonant</a> sound <a href="page.php?w=manner_of_articulation">produced</a> by occluding (i.e. blocking) airflow in the <a href="page.php?w=vocal_tract">vocal tract</a>, but not necessarily in the <a href="page.php?w=nasal_passage">nasal tract</a>. The duration of the block is the occlusion of the consonant; the end of the block is the release or release burst of the consonant. An occlusive may refer to</p><p>
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