divulsion
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]divulsion (countable and uncountable, plural divulsions)
- The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
- That sweet Federation was of last year; this sour Divulsion is the self-same substance, only older by the appointed days.
Translations
[edit]act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart
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