Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to pull or tear asunder; rending.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending to tear or pull apart.
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Examples
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An eminent Russian historian, M. Tatischeff, has recently discovered the hidden divulsive agency.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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Whereby the oversweet moon of honey changes itself into long years of vinegar; perhaps divulsive vinegar, like Hannibal's.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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