- displosion
- noun see displode
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
displosion
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Displosion — Dis*plo sion, n. Explosion. [1913 Webster] The vast displosion dissipates the clouds. Young. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
displosion — dis·plo·sion … English syllables
displosion — noun see displode … Useful english dictionary
displode — displosion /dis ploh zheuhn/, n. /dis plohd /, v.t., v.i., disploded, disploding. Archaic. to explode. [1660 70; < L displodere, equiv. to dis DIS 1 + plodere, comb. form of plaudere to clap] * * * … Universalium
displode — verb (disploded; disploding) Etymology: Latin displodere, from dis + plaudere to clap, applaud Date: 1667 archaic explode • displosion noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Violence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Violence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 violence violence inclemency vehemence might impetuosity Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 effervescence effervescence ebullition Sgm … English dictionary for students
detonation — n 1. explosion, blow up, blast, fulmi nation, Archaic. displosion; burst, Inf. bust, bursting, breaking open, flying apart, dissiliency, dissilience; bang, report, boom, roar, thunder, clap. 2. setting off, Obs. detonization; discharge, firing,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
flash — n 1. streak, patch, glint, lightning; shaft, ray, beam; gleam, glare, fulguration, coruscation; brightness, dazzle, dazzling, bedazzlement, bedazzling, blinding; blaze, flame, flare, spark, scintilla, scintillation; shimmer, flicker, twinkle,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
fulmination — n 1. violent denunciation, condemnation, criticism, Inf. knock, Sl. put down; censure, disapproval, disapprobation, reprobation, reprehension, objection; animadversion, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy; tirade, philippic, diatribe. 2. violent… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
