HyperDic: avulsion

English > 2 senses of the word avulsion:
NOUNeventavulsionan 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 / increase in the land of another
actavulsiona forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
English > avulsion: 2 senses > noun 1, event
MeaningAn 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 / increase in the land of another.
Broaderchange, alteration, modificationAn event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
English > avulsion: 2 senses > noun 2, act
MeaningA forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another.
BroaderseparationThe act of dividing or disconnecting
Spanishavulsión
Verbsavulseseparate by avulsion

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