avulse
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Verb (1)
- separate by avulsionMore general separate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A·vulse′ (…), transitive verb
Origin: L. avulsus, p. p. of avellere to tear off; a (ab) + vellere to pluck.
To pluck or pull off. William Shenstone
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54