See plosion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1923, Michael V. Trofimov, Daniel Jones, The pronunciation of Russian:",
"text": "In Russian, nasal plosion is confined to cases where both the plosive and the nasal consonant have the same primary articulation. In English, however, nasal plosion occurs also in such groups as kn, tm (as in Hackney ['haekni], utmost [ˈʌtmoʊst]).",
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"ref": "1956, Daniel Jones, The pronunciation of English, page 121:",
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"ref": "1998, Michael McCallion, The voice book: for everyone who wants to make the most of their voice:",
"text": "To avoid too much air escape at the moment of plosion, the tongue-tip is placed lightly on the alveolar ridge, the less muscular pressure the better.",
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