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displode

American  
[dis-plohd] / dɪsˈploʊd /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.
disploded, disploding

  1. to explode.

displode British  
/ dɪsˈpləʊd /

verb

  1. 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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