ex-plōdo (ex-plaudo), si, sum, 3, v. a., Gr. πτερνοκοπεῖν, to drive out or off by clapping; orig. a scenic word said of a player, to hiss or hoot off, explode him.
I Prop.: histrio exsibilatur et exploditur, Cic. Par. 3, 26; cf.: Aesopum explodi video, id. de Or. 1, 61, 259: aliquem e scena non modo sibilis sed etiam convicio, id. Rosc. Com. 11, 30: nam satis est equitem mihi plaudere, ut audax Contemptis aliis explosa Arbuscula (mima) dixit, Hor. S. 1, 10, 77; cf.: pars plaudite ergo, pars offensi explaudite, Aus. Sept. Sap. de Thal. fin. —
II Transf. beyond the scenic sphere.
A To drive out or away (rare; not in Cic.): aliquem in Arpinos, Afran. ap. Non. 186, 16: (alios) in arenam aut litus, to cast out , Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 10.—Poet.: noctem explaudentibus alis, to scare away , Lucr. 4, 710.—
B To reject , disapprove (Ciceron.): te illud idem, quod tum explosum et ejectum est, nunc retulisse demiror, Cic. Clu. 31, 86; cf.: explosae ejectaeque sententiae, id. Fin. 5, 8, 31; and id. Off. 1, 2, 6: hoc genus divinationis vita explosit, id. Div. 2, 41, 86: multa dixi in ignobilem regem, quibus totus est explosus, id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 3: fictione pristina explosa, abolished , Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6.