Words Like AVULSION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to AVULSION.

4 Alternative Words Similar to avulsion

1 Alteration Noun      Synonym Words Like Alteration
2 Change Noun      Synonym Words Like Change
3 Modification Noun      Synonym Words Like Modification
4 Separation Noun      Synonym Words Like Separation

8 definitions of avulsion

1 A pulling or tearing asunder or off; a rending or violent separation.
2 A fragment torn off.
3 In law, the sudden removal of soil from the land of one man and its deposit upon the land of another by the action of water.
4 The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
5 An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
6 Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
7 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
8 a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
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