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evulsion

[ ih-vuhl-shuhn ]
/ ɪˈvʌl ʃən /
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noun
the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.
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Origin of evulsion

1605–15; <Latin ēvulsiōn- (stem of ēvulsiō), equivalent to ēvuls(us) plucked out (past participle of ēvellere, equivalent to ē-e-1 + vellere to pluck) + -iōn--ion

Words nearby evulsion

e-voting, Évreux, Évros, Evtushenko, evulse, evulsion, Evvoia, evzone, ew, Ewa Beach, Ewald
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Words related to evulsion

eradication, abstraction, derivation, drawing, elicitation, evocation, expression, extirpation, extrication, pulling, separation, withdrawal, taking out, uprooting, wrenching, wresting

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British Dictionary definitions for evulsion

evulsion
/ (ɪˈvʌlʃən) /
noun
rare the act of extracting by force

Word Origin for evulsion

C17: from Latin ēvulsiō, from ēvellere, from vellere to pluck
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