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21Diremption — Di*remp tion, n. [L. diremptio.] A tearing apart; violent separation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …
22Nuclear bunker buster — Subsidence craters left over after underground nuclear (test) explosions Bunker busting nuclear weapons, also known as earth penetrating weapons (EPW), are a type of nuclear weapon designed to penetrate into soil, rock, or concrete to deliver a… …
23divulsion — divulsive /di vul siv/, adj. /di vul sheuhn, duy /, n. Surg. a tearing apart; violent separation. [1595 1605; < L divulsion (s. of divulsio), equiv. to divuls(us) (see DIVULSE) + ion ION] * * * …
24avulsion — avul·sion /ə vəl shən/ n [Latin avulsio act of tearing away, from avellere to tear away, from a off, away + vellere to pull, pluck]: a sudden cutting off of land by flood or change in the course of a body of water; esp: one that separates a… …
25velvet divorce — noun the non violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the partition of Czechoslovakia in 1993 …
26abruption — noun A sudden breaking off; a sudden termination; a violent separation of bodies. By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight. Johnson, Life of Cowley. See Also: abrupt, abruptly, abruptness, placental abruption …
27divulsion — n. violent separation, tearing apart, uprooting …
28divulsions — n. violent separation, tearing apart, uprooting …
29volcanic ash — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Volcanic ash consists of rock, mineral, and volcanic glass fragments smaller than 2 mm (0.1 inch) in diameter, which is slightly larger than the size of a pinhead. Volcanic ash is not the same as the soft… …
30revulsion — n. 1. Withdrawal, drawing back, violent separation, abstraction. 2. Reaction, change, transition …