desprendimiento

Definitions of desprendimiento
  1. noun
    loosening the ties that fasten something
    synonyms: desamarre
  2. noun
    acting generously
    synonyms: desinterés, garbo, generosidad
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    type of:
    reparto
    a distribution in shares
  3. noun
    a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
    synonyms: barrida, corrimiento de tierras, derrumbamiento, desprendimiento de tierras
  4. noun
    the process whereby something is shed
    synonyms: derramamiento, derrame, efusión
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    types:
    muda
    periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
    type of:
    proceso biológico
    a process occurring in living organisms
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