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divulsion

divulsion noun: the act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.

Noun

divulsion (countable and uncountable, plural divulsions)

  1. The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
    • That sweet Federation was of last year; this sour Divulsion is the self-same substance, only older by the appointed days.1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter I, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Tuileries), page 105

Forms of divulsion

pluraldivulsions

Questions about divulsion

What does divulsion mean?
Divulsion means the act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
What part of speech is divulsion?
Divulsion is a noun.
What is the plural of divulsion?
The plural of divulsion is divulsions.

Words near divulsion in the dictionary

  1. divulgings
  2. divulse
  3. divulsed
  4. divulses
  5. divulsing
  6. divulsion
  7. divulsioned
  8. divulsions
  9. divulsive
  10. divulsor
  11. divulsors

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