to pull out; to unsheathe (a sword, dagger, etc.); to rip, to tear; to start (a machine); to get going, get started
“Las personas experimentan una sensación creciente de ansiedad y estrés inmediatamente antes de un episodio de arrancarse el pelo, y también si pretende resistir a ese impulso.” — These people experience a growing feeling of anxiety and stress immediately before an episode of pulling out their hair, and also if they attempt to resist that impulse.
Synonyms: desfijar
Of uncertain origin. There are several possibilities for the origin: * From Latin Latin eruncāre. Compare Romanian arunca and Sicilian arruncari. Possibly influenced by erādīcāre; * Coromines links it with Old Spanish desrancar (“to evict, to throw out”), compare Galician derrancarse, with an ultimate origin in either Old Occitan renc or Old French ranc (“row”).