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Avulse

/əˈvʌls/

To tear off forcibly.

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    To tear off forcibly.

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WordDefinition
divulseverb(transitive, medicine) To pull apart forcibly.
evulseverb(transitive) To pull out forcibly.
abruptWithout notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
tearA drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
avelnoun(Judaism) A mourner.
tear offverb(intransitive) To leave or depart rapidly.
tear outverbTo remove by tearing.
aracenoun(obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
enucleateEnucleated, having no nucleus.
ablateverb(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
divellicateverbTo detach, rip apart.
toreaveverb(transitive, obsolete) To take away or remove completely.
tear someone off a stripverbAlternative form of tear a strip off someone. [(slang) To scold vigorously.]
aberuncateverb(rare, transitive) To eradicate; to pull up by the roots.
abradeverb(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.
amolishverb(obsolete, transitive) To remove forcibly.
yank offverbTo remove something, like a piece of cloth or bread, by tearing it with one quick strong pull.
unsuctionnoun(rare) The removal of suction.
reavenoun(archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
eventerateverb(obsolete, transitive) To rip open; to disembowel.

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