plaud-, plaus-, plod-, plos- +

1. The action of treating with scorn, rejecting (a notion, system, etc.); rejection.
2. The action of driving out, or of issuing forth, with violence and noise; an instance of the same.
3. The action of going off with a loud noise under the influence of suddenly developed internal energy; an instance of this; also used in reference to electric discharges or to a boiler, bomb, gun, etc. The action of suddenly bursting or flying in pieces from a similar cause.

1. Capable of exploding, or likely to explode.
2. Happening or appearing suddenly and dramatically.
3. Tending to drive something forth with violence and noise.

The quality of being explosive; tendency to explode.

1. Having a quality that provokes disbelief: "He gave the teacher an implausible excuse for being tardy."
2. Highly imaginative but unlikely: "The scientist had an implausible explanation for the natural incident."
3. Lacking any appearance of truth or credibility.

1. Something which provokes disbelief.
2. Not having the appearance of truth or credibility.

1. Not easy to believe.
2. Without any appearance of probability.

1. To burst inwards.
2. To collapse inwardly with force, as a result of external pressure being greater than the internal pressure, or to cause something to collapse inwardly.
3. To demolish (a building) by causing it to collapse inwardly.
4. To suffer from total economic or political collapse; for example, as a result of poor management and financial insolvency.

An implosive sound.

1. The bursting inward of a vessel or structure from external pressure that is greater than the internal pressure.

Indicating or relating to violent inward collapse.

Indicating or relating to violent inward collapse.

Not explosive; not liable to or capable of exploding.

1. An act, or acts, of applauding; a round of applause; a clapping of the hands, or other audible expression of approval or praise; hence, any emphatic expression of approval.
2. Demonstrations or rounds of applause, as for some approved or admired performance.

From Latin plaudite "applaud!" from plaudere, from the customary appeals to the audience made by Roman actors at the end of a play to show approval [sounds familiar even for today].

1. An appeal for applause at the conclusion of a play or other performance. Now only as Latin.
2. A round of applause (plaudit).

1. Demonstrating enthusiastic approval or applause.
2. Applauding, applausive, commending, and laudatory.