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Definition of Displode
1. v. t. To discharge; to explode.
2. v. i. To burst with a loud report; to explode.
Definition of Displode
1. Verb. (intransitive) To burst with a loud report; to explode. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Displode
1. to explode [v -PLODED, -PLODING, -PLODES] - See also: explode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Displode
Literary usage of Displode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, John Miller Keagy (1868)
"... to praise : as, displode', to discharge or burst with a violent noise ;
plaus'ible, that may be praised, ^plaud'y v. explode', v. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Explode, vn Burst, displode, detonate, be discharged. 2. Discard, repudiate,
scout, scorn, contemn, cry down, treat with contempt, bring into disrepute. ..."
3. The Paradise Lost of Milton by John Milton (1858)
"... for in view Stood rank'd of Seraphim another row, In posture to displode their
second tire Of thunder: Back defeated to return They worse abhorr'd. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"And to their foes a laughter: for in view Stood rank'd of seraphim another row,
In posture to displode their second tire 605 Of thunder: back defeated to ..."
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