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displode


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Displode  \Dis*plode"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Disploded};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Disploding}.]  [L.  displodere  displosum  dis-  + 
  plodere  plaudere  to  clap,  strike,  beat.] 
  To  discharge;  to  explode. 
 
  In  posture  to  displode  their  second  tire  Of  thunder. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Displode  \Dis*plode"\,  v.  i. 
  To  burst  with  a  loud  report;  to  explode.  ``Disploding 
  engines.''  --Young.