avulsion

Words with a similar base: avulsion

'avulsion'

[avulsion.n.01] as in: 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

'avulsion'

[avulsion.n.02] as in: a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another