Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [uh-vuhls]
- /əˈvʌls/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [uh-vuhls]
- /əˈvʌls/
Definitions of avulse word
- verb avulse to remove or take away by force 3
- verb with object avulse to pull off or tear away forcibly: to avulse a ligament. 1
- noun avulse (medicine) To tear off forcibly. 1
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Origin of avulse
First appearance:
before 1755 One of the 47% newest English words
1755-65; < Latin āvulsus, past participle of āvellere to pluck off, tear away, equivalent to ā- a-4 + vul-, past participle stem of vellere to forcibly pull, pluck + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
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Parts of speech for Avulse
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
avulse popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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avulse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for avulse
verb avulse
- cull — If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
- derive — If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
- distill — to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- wrest — to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
Antonyms for avulse
verb avulse
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
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