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avulse

[ uh-vuhls ]

verb (used with object)

avulsed, avulsing.
  1. to pull off or tear away forcibly:

    to avulse a ligament.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of avulse1

1755–65; < Latin Äå±¹³Ü±ô²õ³Ü²õ, past participle of Äå±¹±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù±ð to pluck off, tear away, equivalent to Äå- a- 4 + vul-, past participle stem of vellere to forcibly pull, pluck + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
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“We realized this spectacular archive recorded a major event that reorganized the delta’s water pathways,” Chamberlain says, adding that the delta’s river channel probably hasn’t avulsed since then.

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For example, the vast Pantanal, in the heart of South America, is kept rich and muddy by the avulsing Taquari River.

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“His left hand was completely avulsed with part of the bones attached to the body while the hand skin and muscle got detached,” Dr. Abhishek Ghosha, a micro-vascular surgeon who treated the boy, said.

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In the last seven thousand years, the river has avulsed six times, and each time it has set about laying down a new bulge of land.

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The X-ray showed that a bit of bone had avulsed from his pelvis.

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