† displosionn.
Obsolete.
The action of disploding; explosive discharge.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > exploding > an explosion (of fire, gunpowder, etc.)
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explosion1681
bursta1719
exploding1770
blow-up1807
airquake1891
cook-off1947
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Displosion, a breaking asunder as a bladder.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus iv. 32 That impetuous displosion of blood to a great distance.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 315 (note) After the Displosion of their Diabolical Enginry.
1745 E. Young Consolation 41 As when whole Magazines, at once, are fir'd..The vast Displosion dissipates the Clouds.
1790 H. Boyd Ruins of Athens With horrible displosion doom'd to shake The thrones of Elam.
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