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noun

(1) A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

(2) 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

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The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved