EGAVE

avulsed

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb simple past and past participle of avulse
  2. adjective Having been torn off, as in an avulsion.
  3. adjective Having been caused by a piece of flesh or body part being torn off, as in an avulsion.

Similar words

ripped erased severed disrupt apart abrupt tear-off mutilate dismembered lacerate

Often followed by

from teeth tooth fragment and by or with tissue

Word family

avulse avulses avulsing

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