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obstruent
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ob·stru·ent (bstr-nt)
adj.
Obstructing or closing the natural passages of the body.
n.
An obstruent medicine or agent.
obstruent [ob´stroo-ent]
1. causing obstruction or blocking.
2. an agent that so acts.
obstruent
1. causing obstruction.
2. any agent or agency that causes obstruction.
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This hypothesis reveals Luick's reluctance to treat such spellings as signs of the general devoicing of word-final obstruents in Germanic (and also Slavonic) languages.
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