Avulse
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transitive verb.
To separate, cut, or tear off by avulsion.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To pluck or pull off.
Shenstone.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To pluck or pull off.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
tear
off
forcibly
.
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verb.
separate by avulsion
Word Usage
"The singularity matrix will avulse at the Gamma Quadrant entrance in approximately eighteen hours."
Etymologically Related
avulsion
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
separate
verb-form
avulsed
avulses
avulsing