debuccalize

verb

debuccalize

verb

/diːˈbʌ.kə.laɪz/

Etymology From de- + buccalize.

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British, Canada, English, Oxford, US To undergo debuccalization.

I should point out that the tendency for stops to debuccalize to glottal stop and fricatives to glottal fricative does not always hold.2002, Paul D. Fallon, The synchronic and diachronic phonology of ejectives, page 126:

Derived terms: debuccalization

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