单词 | divulsive |
释义 | divulsiveadj. Tending to tear apart or asunder. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [adjective] rivinga1400 renting1561 ripping1576 splitting1609 divulsivea1626 rending1660 shredding1883 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). < adj.a1626 |
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