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AVULSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("avulsion" is a kind of...):
separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)
Derivation:
avulse (separate by avulsion)
Sense 2
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 in the land of another
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("avulsion" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
