Evulsion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Evulsion \E*vul"sion\ ([-e]*v[u^]l"sh[u^]n), n. [L. evulsio, fr.
     evellere, evulsum, to pluck out; e out + vellere to pluck;
     cf. F. ['e]vulsion.]
     The act of plucking out; a rooting out.
     [1913 Webster]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "evulsion":
     avulsion, cutting out, deracination, disentanglement, drawing,
     drawing out, dredging, drilling, enucleation, eradication,
     evolvement, excavation, excision, expression, exsection,
     extirpation, extraction, extrication, mining, pressing out,
     pulling, quarrying, removal, ripping out, squeezing out, unrooting,
     uprooting, withdrawal, wresting out