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A forcible tearing or separation of one body part from another
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avulsion
Word definitions for avulsion in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In real property law , avulsion refers to a sudden loss or addition to land, which results from the action of water. It differs from accretion , which describes a gradual loss or addition to land resulting from the action of water.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma 2 An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another 3 (context hydrology English) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Avulsion \A*vul"sion\, n. [L. avulsio.] A tearing asunder; a forcible separation. The avulsion of two polished superficies. --Locke. A fragment torn off. --J. Barlow. (Law) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one ...
Usage examples of avulsion.
Our only chance of preventing the time avulsion is to locate the exact time and place when it starts.
This superficial wound has been created by the avulsion of two flaps composed of skin, muscle, and bone which were then displaced laterally.
Our only chance of preventing the time avulsion is to locate the exact time and place when it starts.
Fraker had dictated effectively reduced Rick's death to observations about the craniocerebral trauma he'd sustained, with a catalogue of abrasions, contusions, small-intestine avulsions, mesenteric lacerations, and sufficient skeletal damage to certify Rick's crossing of the River Styx.
Fraker had dictated effectively reduced Rick's death to observations about the craniocerebral trauma he'd sustained, with a catalogue of abrasions, contusions, small-intestine avulsions, mesenteric lacerations, and sufficient skeletal damage to certify Ricks crossing of the River Styx.
But if they are not assured of this, it would be certainly unwise, by trying the event of another campaign, to risk our accepting a foreign aid, which, perhaps, may not be attainable, but on condition of everlasting avulsion from Great Britain.