Definitions of avulse [əˈvʌls]

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) avulse
to pull off or tear away forcibly:
to avulse a ligament.

Etymology: (1755–65; < L āvulsus, ptp. of āvellere to pluck off, tear away =ā-a -⁴+vellere to forcibly pull, pluck)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) avulse
separate by avulsion

Definition of 'avulse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) avulse
to pluck or pull off

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