avulsion noun. [ǝ'vʌlʃ(ǝ)n] E17.
[French, or Latin avulsio(n-), formed as AVULSE: see -ION.]
1. The action of pulling off or tearing away; forcible separation. E17.

2. A part torn off; a detached portion. L17.

3. Law. The sudden removal of land by a change in the course of a river, flood-water, etc., to another person's estate (the land remaining the property of the original owner: cf. ALLUVION 4). M19.

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