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evulses
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically remove, draw out |
| Synonyms: | avulse, bring out, catheterize, cull, derive, distill, eke out, elicit, eradicate, evoke, evulse, exact, express, extirpate, extort, extricate, garner, gather, get, glean, obtain, pick up, pluck, press out, pry, pull, reap, secure, select, separate, siphon, squeeze, take, tear, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest, wring, yank |
| Antonyms: | add, insert, put in |
| Main Entry: | yank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull hard and fast |
| Synonyms: | draw, evulse, extract, hitch, jerk, lug, snap, snatch, tear, tug, twitch, vellicate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | push |
| Main Entry: | rive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tear |
| Synonyms: | break*, claw, cleave, crack*, damage, divide, evulse, extract, fray, frazzle, gash, grab*, impair, incise, injure, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, pluck, pull, pull apart, rend, ribbon, rift, rip, run, rupture, scratch, seize, separate, sever, shred, slash, slit, snatch, split, sunder, wrench, wrest, yank |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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