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AFFRICATE is validvalid
to pronounce a vowel sound which starts with an alveolar and ends with a fricative [v AFFRICATED, AFFRICATES, AFFRICATING]
a consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative [n -S] / to sound a consonant in this way [v AFFRICATED, AFFRICATING, AFFRICATES]