avulsiona tearing away; a part torn off: The storm?s runoff caused an avulsion of the stream?s bank.Not to be confused with:evulsion ? plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction: The evulsion of her baby tooth was painless.revulsion ? disgust, repulsion, aversion; a strong feeling of repugnance: His filthy language fills me with revulsion.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreea·vul·sion (?-v?l?sh?n)n.1. The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery.2. The sudden separation of land from one property, and concomitant connection to another property, as a result of a flood or a shift in the course of a boundary stream.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.avulsion (??v?l??n) n1. (Surgery) a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure2. (Law) law the sudden removal of soil from one person’s land to that of another, as by flooding[C17: from Latin ?vulsi?, from ?vellere to pluck away, from vellere to pull, pluck]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014a?vul?sion (??v?l ??n) n. 1. a tearing away. 2. the sudden removal of soil by change in a river’s course or by a flood, from the land of one owner to that of another. 3. a part torn off. [1615?25;