displode

American

[dis-plohd] / dɪsˈploʊd /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

disploded, disploding

to explode.

displode British

/ dɪsˈpləʊd /

verb

an obsolete word for explode

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Other Word Forms

displosion

noun

Etymology

Origin of displode

1660–70; < Latin displōdere, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + -plōdere, combining form of plaudere to clap

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