Avulsive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Avulsive is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to an avulsion.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to an avulsion.
Example Sentences
Martin Luther King, by the early sixties one of the most widely recognizable living Americans of African descent, serves in this figure to represent by synecdoche the African-American population in general, and, in particular, those African-Americans engaged in the avulsive, and often fatal, struggle to claim their civil rights.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abscissional, abruptive, abductive, ablational, abductional, amputational.
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