displode

[ dis-plohd ]

/ dɪsˈploʊd /

verb (used with or without object), dis·plod·ed, dis·plod·ing. Archaic.

to explode.

Words nearby displode

display advertising, display type, displayed, displease, displeasure, displode, displume, displuviate, disport, disposable, disposable goods

Origin of displode

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

OTHER WORDS FROM displode

dis·plo·sion

[dis-ploh-zhuh n] /dɪsˈploʊ ʒən/, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for displode

displode

/ (dɪsˈpləʊd) /

verb

an obsolete word for explode

Word Origin for displode

C17: from Latin displōdere from dis- 1 + plaudere to clap

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