avulse
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/əˈvʌls/
Definition of avulse
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To tear off forcibly.
“An alternative is to avulse the nail of the second or third toe […]”
“[…] the resulting tension in the restraining ligament would be 600 pounds, sufficient to avulse the ligament.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin avulsus, past participle of avello: ab- + vellō.
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