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disploding

disploding is the present participle and gerund of displode.

Meaning of displode

Verb

displode (third-person singular simple present displodes, present participle disploding, simple past and past participle disploded)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To burst with a loud bang; to explode.
    • disploding engines1858, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality
  2. (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...

Questions about disploding

What is disploding the present participle and gerund of?
Disploding is the present participle and gerund of displode.

Words near disploding in the dictionary

  1. displicency
  2. displing
  3. displode
  4. disploded
  5. displodes
  6. disploding
  7. displosion
  8. displosions
  9. displosive
  10. displume
  11. displumed

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