avulsion
English Thesaurus
1. a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | separation, |
| definition | : | the act of dividing or disconnecting (noun.act) |
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 (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | alteration, change, modification, |
| definition | : | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (noun.event) |
3. a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another (noun.act)
| derivation | : | avulse, |
| definition | : | separate by avulsion (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | avulse, |
| definition | : | separate by avulsion (verb.motion) |
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