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carbunculations

carbunculations is the plural of carbunculation.

Meaning of carbunculation

Noun

carbunculation (usually uncountable, plural carbunculations)

  1. (rare, usually) The blasting of something, by excessive heat or cold.
    • The disease known as sideration entirely depends upon the heavens; and hence we may class under this head, the ill effects produced by hail-storms, carbunculation, and the damage caused by hoar-frosts.1855, Pliny (the Elder.), translated by John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley, The Natural History of Pliny - Volume 3, page 520

Questions about carbunculations

What is carbunculations the plural of?
Carbunculations is the plural of carbunculation.

Words near carbunculations in the dictionary

  1. carbuncled
  2. carbuncles
  3. carbuncular
  4. carbuncularly
  5. carbunculation
  6. carbunculations
  7. carbunculosis
  8. carbungi
  9. carbungis
  10. carbunkle
  11. carbunkles

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