˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

evulsion

[ ih-vuhl-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.


evulsion

/ ɪˈ±¹ÊŒ±ôʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. rare.
    the act of extracting by force
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of evulsion1

1605–15; < Latin ŧ±¹³Ü±ô²õ¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ŧ±¹³Ü±ô²õ¾±Å ), equivalent to ŧ±¹³Ü±ô²õ ( us ) plucked out (past participle of ŧ±¹±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù±ð, equivalent to ŧ- e- 1 + vellere to pluck) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of evulsion1

C17: from Latin ŧ±¹³Ü±ô²õ¾±Å, from ŧ±¹±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù±ð, from vellere to pluck
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

White Sox right-hander Chris Sale, set to start the season on the disabled list with an evulsion fracture in his right foot, will throw a bullpen session Monday.

From

Evulsion, e-vul′shun, n. a plucking out by force.

From

An inviolable thing, the evulsion of which could never obtain save at the shrine of death—the death of the hated Ghost-man.

From

This is very proper in Glo'ster, newly maimed by the evulsion of his eyes.

From

Extraction -- N. extraction; extracting &c. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution. evulsion†, avulsion†; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection &c.

From

Advertisement

Related ˜yÐÄvlogs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement