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Word: Avulsion
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century: from Latin avulsio(n-), from the verb avellere, from ab- ‘from’ + vallere ‘pluck’
əˈvʌlʃ(ə)n
the action of pulling or tearing away
Short Definition:action of pulling or tearing away
Examples:- the cause of death was aortic avulsion
- she was diagnosed with an avulsion injury to her left hamstring
the sudden separation of land from one property and its attachment to another, especially by flooding or a change in the course of a river.
Short Definition:sudden separation of land from one property and its attachment to another
Examples:- fluvial environments susceptible to frequent avulsion
- abrupt changes in river course, called avulsions, naturally nourish sinking land with sediment
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