Avulsion

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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

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Senses

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Wordset Dictionary

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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Avulsions
possessive: Avulsion's
pluralpossessive: Avulsions'

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