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plaudere
Latin · ancient
"to clap"
to clap, combined with ex- (out)
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explodere
Latin · ancient
"to drive off the stage by clapping or hissing"
to drive off the stage by clapping or hissing, from ex- and plaudere
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explode
English · 1530s
"to reject scornfully, later to burst violently"
settled as the English word originally for rejecting scornfully, later shifting to mean bursting violently
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