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avulsive

avulsive adjective: of or pertaining to an avulsion.

Adjective

avulsive (comparative more avulsive, superlative most avulsive)

  1. Of or pertaining to an avulsion.
    • Martin Luther King, by the early sixties one of the most widely recognizable living Americans of African descent, serves in this figure to represent by synecdoche the African-American population in general, and, in particular, those African-Americans engaged in the avulsive, and often fatal...1994, Lee Edelman, Homographesis: essays in gay literary and cultural theory, New York & London: Routledge, page 43

Forms of avulsive

comparativemore avulsive
superlativemost avulsive

Words formed from avulsive

Phrases with avulsive

Questions about avulsive

What does avulsive mean?
Avulsive means of or pertaining to an avulsion.
What part of speech is avulsive?
Avulsive is an adjective.

Words near avulsive in the dictionary

  1. avulsed
  2. avulses
  3. avulsing
  4. avulsion
  5. avulsions
  6. avulsive
  7. avulsive cutoff
  8. avulsive cutoffs
  9. avuncuclan
  10. avuncular
  11. avuncularism

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