An archaic or dialectal term meaning to burst forth or explode.
From dis- (apart, outward) plus plode (from Latin plodere or plaudere, meaning to clap or burst). Related to the word 'explode,' which has the same Latin root.
The word 'explode' came from Latin explodere (to hiss off stage), but 'displode' shows an alternative path that never caught on—English's choice to use 'explode' over 'displode' was mostly luck and convention!
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