† displodev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To drive out or discharge with explosive violence.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > with explosive violence
displode1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 605 Rankt..In posture to displode thir second tire Of Thunder. View more context for this quotation
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub viii. 151 Fetching it..in certain Bladders, and disploding it among the Sectaries in all Nations.
2. intransitive. To burst with a noise; to explode.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > be violent [verb (intransitive)] > explode or go off (of firearms, gunpowder, etc.)
to go off1560
fulminate1651
springa1658
explode1673
displode1812
to go up1950
1812 F. Jeffrey in Edinb. Rev. Nov. 332 The pent-up vapours disploded with the force of an earthquake.
Derivatives
diˈsploded adj.
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1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 13 More dismal than the loud disploded Roar Of brazen Enginry.
diˈsploding adj.
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1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 25 Like Rubbish, from disploding Engines thrown, Our Magazines of hoarded Trifles fly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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