Editing Plosive (section)

==Articulation==
A plosive is typically analysed as having up to three phases:
*Approach, during which articulators come together
*Hold (or "occlusion" or "closure"), during which the articulators are held and block the airstream
*Release (or "burst" or "plosion"), when the articulators are separated, releasing the compressed air<ref>{{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Beverly|last2=Mees|first2=Inger M.|year=2013|title=Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students|edition=3rd|publisher=Routledge|pages=85–6|isbn=978-0-415-50650-2}}</ref>

Only the hold phase is requisite. A plosive may lack an approach when it is preceded by a consonant that involves an occlusion at the same place of articulation, as in {{IPA|[d]}} in ''end'' or ''old''. In many languages, such as [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], word-final plosives lack a release burst, even when followed by a vowel, or have a [[nasal release]]. See [[no audible release]].