divulsion

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noun

The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.

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Meanings

noundivulsion (countable and uncountable, plural divulsions)

plural divulsions

  1. countableuncountableThe 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

Translations

Bulgarian разкъсване
  • разкъсване (razkăsvane)act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart
Catalan divulsió
  • divulsióact of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divulsion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divulsion.

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