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AVULSE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they avulse ... he / she / it avulses
Past simple: avulsed
-ing form: avulsing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "avulse" is one way to...):
separate (divide into components or constituents)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
avulsion (a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another)