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devoice
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de·voice  (d-vois)
tr.v. de·voiced, de·voic·ing, de·voic·es
To pronounce (a normally voiced sound) without vibration of the vocal chords so as to make it wholly or partly voiceless.

devoice [diːˈvɔɪs], devocalize, devocalise [diːˈvəʊkəˌlaɪz]
vb
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (tr) Phonetics to make (a voiced speech sound) voiceless
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Verb1.devoice - utter with tense vocal chords
enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
vocalize, voice, vocalise, sound - utter with vibrating vocal chords


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These devoices are susceptible to interference due to stationary waves and vulnerable to resonating devices and construction work etc.
Since it is the toned or aspirated plosive that devoices the preceding sonorant, we conclude that the suffix in maelti [mailtr] is in fact [t.
 
 
 
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