■ verb
1》 burst or shatter violently, especially as a result of rapid combustion or excessive internal pressure.
2》 suddenly express strong emotion, especially anger.
3》 increase suddenly in number or extent.
4》 show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded.
5》 [as adjective ~d ] (of a diagram) showing the components of a mechanism in the normal relative positions but slightly separated from each other.
Derivatives
~r noun
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'reject scornfully'): from L. ~re 'drive out by clapping, hiss off the stage', from ex- 'out' + plaudere 'to clap'.