Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
avulsion
German translation:
Abriss, Abschemmen, (gewaltsame) Abtrennung
Added to glossary by
Olaf Reibedanz
Jan 15, 2005 00:03
19 yrs ago
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English term
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Native in: German 
Works in: German to English
avulsion
English to German
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Business/Commerce (general)
I found this explanation in Webster's. It sounds like it is associated with a "gewaltsam" action.
one separating land from one person's property and joining it to another's
one separating land from one person's property and joining it to another's
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | Abriss; Abschemmen |
Olaf Reibedanz
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| 4 | (gewaltsam) abtrennen |
swisstell
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Native in: German
Works in: English to German, French to German, Spanish to German, and 2 more.
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Abriss; Abschemmen
avulsion = Abschwemmen (von Land) (cf. alluvion)
(Dietl/Lorenz)
avulsion = Abriss; Abschemmen
http://dico.leo.org/?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=rel...
My Webster's says:
1 a separation by force
2 Med. the tearing away of a structure or part by surgical traction or by accident
3 a structure, part, etc. separated by force
4 the sudden removal of a person‘s land by the action of water, as by flood or change in the course of a stream, without a resulting loss of ownership
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-01-15 00:08:06 GMT)
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Sorry, typo: Absch*w*emmen
(Dietl/Lorenz)
avulsion = Abriss; Abschemmen
http://dico.leo.org/?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=rel...
My Webster's says:
1 a separation by force
2 Med. the tearing away of a structure or part by surgical traction or by accident
3 a structure, part, etc. separated by force
4 the sudden removal of a person‘s land by the action of water, as by flood or change in the course of a stream, without a resulting loss of ownership
If we knew more about your context...
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-01-15 00:08:06 GMT)
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Sorry, typo: Absch*w*emmen
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(gewaltsam) abtrennen
in the given context, ergibt sich nicht zu viel Sinn in der Leo Woerterbuch Darstellung von Abschwemmen/Abriss.
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