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单词 divulsive
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divulsiveadj.

/dɪˈvʌlsɪv/
Etymology: < Latin dīvuls-: see divulse v. and -ive suffix.
Tending to tear apart or asunder.
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a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. E4 Let tortures and devulsive racks, force a Confession from them.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 96 The divulsive force that separated Britain from Germany, seems to have been directed from north to south.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. xii. 93 Long years of vinegar; perhaps divulsive vinegar, like Hannibal's.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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