GRE vocabulary
Avulsion
A violent rupture, tearing apart, or sudden forcible separation.
Example
"The avulsion of the coastal barrier island occurred overnight during the category-five hurricane."
Etymology
From Latin avulsio ('a tearing away'), from avellere ('to tear off, pluck away').
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