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Avulsion

Avulsion \A*vul"sion\, n. [L. avulsio.]

  1. A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.

    The avulsion of two polished superficies.
    --Locke.

  2. A fragment torn off.
    --J. Barlow.

  3. (Law) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.
    --Wharton. Burrill.

Wiktionary
avulsion

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 of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved

WordNet
avulsion
  1. 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

  2. a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

Wikipedia
Avulsion

Avulsion in general refers to a tearing away. Specifically, it can refer to:

Avulsion (legal term)

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.

Avulsion (river)

In sedimentary geology and fluvial geomorphology, avulsion is the rapid abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel. Avulsions occur as a result of channel slopes that are much less steep than the slope that the river could travel if it took a new course.

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.