displode en · VERB
Etymology
From Latin displōdō, from dis- + plaudō.
Meanings
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(archaic, intransitive) To burst with a loud bang; to explode.
disploding engines
1858, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality:
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(archaic, transitive) To burst; to cause to explode.
In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disploding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disploded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disploded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| displodes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |