Dictionary Check: avulsion
"avulsion" is a valid word!
Scrabble
11
points
Words with Friends
15
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Definition
noun
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
a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
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