Dictionary Definition:
Vāvatteti (vi+ā+vṛt] to turn away (trs.), to do away with, remove M i.12 (aor. vāvattayi saŋyojanaŋ, expld at MA 87 as "parivattayi, nimmūlaŋ akāsi")= 122 (with v. l. vi˚, see p. 526); A ii.249 (v. l. vi˚).