verb
- to pull out or extract forcibly; to uproot or tear away
Usage: formal or technical; often used in medical or surgical contexts
Examples
- The dentist had to evulse the damaged tooth.
- The storm evulsed several trees from the ground.
- Surgical instruments were used to evulse the foreign object.
- The injury evulsed a portion of the nerve tissue.
- Forceful pulling evulsed the root system from the soil.