[ ə'vʌlʃ(ə)n ]
■ noun
1》 chiefly Medicine the action of pulling or tearing away.
2》 Law the sudden separation of land from one property and its attachment to another, especially by flooding. Compare with alluvion .
Derivatives
avulse verb
Origin
C17: from L. avulsio(n-) , from avellere 'pluck from'.