Tearing away. A nerve can be avulsed by an injury, as can part of a bone.

The tearing or breaking away of a part.

Separation of tooth from its socket due to trauma. See evulsion.

natural process involving the abandonment of one river channel and the formation of a new one.

sudden erosion by storm waves or rapid currents of water.

A tear or detachment of a muscle or ligament from the bone

[Latin avulsio act of tearing away, from avellere to tear away, from a- off, away + vellere to pull, pluck] : a sudden cutting off of land by flood or change in the course of a body of water ;esp : .. [..]

Avulsion means forcible detachment or separation.

(n) 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 a [..]

The tearing away of one part of the body from another—for example, a tendon tearing away from a bone.

(1) Rapid EROSION of the shoreland by WAVES during a storm. (2) A sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents, or change in course of a body of water.

Shows that part of the structure has been torn away.

(1) Rapid EROSION of the shoreland by waves during a storm. (2) A sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents or change in course of a body of water.

Partial or complete Displacement of a Tooth from its alveolar support. It is commonly the result of Trauma. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p312)

separation of tooth from its socket due to trauma (evulsion).

A change in the course of a river when the bank is breached or overtopped.

This describes the action of tearing off or pulling away. Very common presentation to a chiropractor or physiotherapist.

a change or shift in a water boundary resulting in loss of land by an owner and the acquiring of such land by another.