NOUN | event | 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 / increase in the land of another |
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act | avulsion | a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another |
Meaning | 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 / increase in the land of another. | |
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Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
Meaning | A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another. | |
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Broader | separation | The act of dividing or disconnecting |
Spanish | avulsión | |
Verbs | avulse | separate by avulsion |
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