avulsion

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Noun avulsion has 2 senses

avulsion - an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
--₁ is a kind of change, alteration, modification
avulsion - a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
--₂ is a kind of separation

Derived form: verb avulse₁

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