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displode

[ dis-plohd ]

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.
disploded, disploding.
  1. to explode.


displode

/ ɪˈəʊ /

verb

  1. an obsolete word for explode
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • 徱··Dz [dis-, ploh, -zh, uh, n], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of displode1

1660–70; < Latin 徱ō, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + -ō, combining form of plaudere to clap
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Word History and Origins

Origin of displode1

C17: from Latin 徱ō from dis- 1+ plaudere to clap
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Example Sentences

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should they do? if on they rushed, repulse Repeated, and indecent overthrow Doubled, would render them yet more despised, And to their foes a laughter; for in view Stood ranked of Seraphim another row, In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder: Back defeated to return They worse abhorred.

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should they do? if on they rusht, repulse 600 Repeated, and indecent overthrow Doubl'd, would render them yet more despis'd, And to thir foes a laughter; for in view Stood rankt of Seraphim another row In posture to displode thir second tire Of Thunder: back defeated to return They worse abhorr'd.

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