MEANING
To tear or pull a structure away from its attachment, especially a body part.
Use it for
Traumatic detachment; a tooth torn from its socket; forensic examinationName loss of attachment rather than describing every stage of tearing.
Words that belong together
- avulsed tooth
- avulse tissue
- avulsed skin
On the page
The impact had avulsed two teeth.
They found a strip of skin avulsed from the wrist.
The report used avulsed, a colder word than torn away.
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Word forms
- Base
- avulse / avulses
- Past tense
- avulsed
- Past participle
- avulsed
- Present participle
- avulsing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- avulse / avulses
- Present continuous
- am/is/are avulsing
- Present perfect
- have/has avulsed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been avulsing
- Past
- avulsed
- Past continuous
- was/were avulsing
- Past perfect
- had avulsed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been avulsing
- Future
- will avulse / avulses
- Future continuous
- will be avulsing
- Future perfect
- will have avulsed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been avulsing
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Specialized medical verb; emphasizes detachment, not a cut across tissue. Use where the narrative voice can support clinical precision. Verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: avulse, avulses, avulsed, avulsed, avulsing. Derived/related family (not inflections): avulsion (noun).
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