v. [f. āvuls- ppl. stem of āvellĕre, f. ā, ab from + vĕllere to pull, pluck.] To pull or pluck off, tear away.
a. 1765. Shenstone, Odes, 258. As though … ev’ry bough Like that the Trojan gather’d once, avuls’d, Were by a splendid successor supply’d.
