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Why are divisible abelian groups are important?

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Sergei Tropanets
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Why divisible abelian groups are important?

I just quote wikipedia:

"Divisible groups are important in understanding the structure of abelian groups, especially because they are the injective abelian groups."

I am asking for detail explanation of this application (i.e. concrete theorems, methods and so forth), or/and sources on that issue. Are there some other applications of DAG besides abelian groups theory or even besides algebra?

Thanks in advance.