āvellō (vellī), volsus or vulsus, ere ab + vello, to tear away, rend off, pluck, snatch away: poma ex arboribus vi: alqd a corpore: frondes, O.: leporum avulsos armos edere, H.: avolsum umeris caput, V.: truncis corpora, O.: tibi mavis pretium avellier? H.: sibi avelli iubet spiculum.
— To tear away, remove by force: ab eā sese, T.: de matris hunc complexu: ut sperem posse avelli, be separated, T.: neque avelli possunt, leave the place, V.: complexu avulsus Iuli, V.
—To pluck away, rescue: hunc convitio a tanto errore.