English → Latin
“explode” in Latin
explōdōto eject (originally drive an actor off a stage by clapping/booing)ērumpōto break out (of), to burst out (of); to sally forth, rush out; to break out, burst forthdisplōdōto spread out, dilate, extend; to burst, cause to explodesententiaa way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence; a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the fu
The English word explode itself goes back to Latin plaudō, through explōdō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
explode
TRANS., explodere (PROP., to hiss off an actor; IMPROP., of scouting, rejecting, etc.; e.g., an opinion, sententiam; a kind of divination, genus divinationis, both Cic.): ejicere (= ἐκβάλλειν, to reject with scorn; e.g., rationem Cynicorum). (The words are found in this connection and order.) explodere ejicereque; explodere et ejicere (both Cic.). Anything is exploded, aliquid explosum est et ejectum (is generally rejected); aliquid jam obsolevit, or propter vetustatem obsolevit (is now obsolete).
INTRANS., erumpere (general term for bursting forth; e.g., ignes ex aetnae vertice): cum crepitu erumpere (after eruptionis crepitus, Plin.): se emittere (after nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emisit, Cic., Divin., 2, 19, 44): displodi (to burst asunder with a noise; of bladders, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for explode?
- The usual Latin words for “explode” are explōdō, ērumpō, displōdō; also sententia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.