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Avulsion

nounid 5870·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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Variants

plural
Avulsions
possessive
Avulsion's
pluralpossessive
Avulsions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
§2
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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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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