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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[L.

avulsus

, p. p. of

avellere

to tear off;

(

) +

vellere

to pluck.]

To pluck or pull off.

Shenstone.

avulse ‎(third-person singular simple present avulses, present participle avulsing, simple past and past participle avulsed)

(medicine) To tear off forcibly.
- 1997, Manual of nail disease and surgery (ISBN 0-86542-638-4), chapter 7, page 70:
  An alternative is to avulse the nail of the second or third toe [...]
- 2004, Shoulder Surgery (ISBN 0-7216-9598-1), chapter 10, page 122:
  [...] the resulting tension in the restraining ligament would be 600 pounds, sufficient to avulse the ligament.

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