avulse
Example Sentences
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For example, the vast Pantanal, in the heart of South America, is kept rich and muddy by the avulsing Taquari River.
From Science Magazine
“His left hand was completely avulsed with part of the bones attached to the body while the hand skin and muscle got detached,” Dr. Abhishek Ghosha, a micro-vascular surgeon who treated the boy, said.
From Fox News
In the last seven thousand years, the river has avulsed six times, and each time it has set about laying down a new bulge of land.
From The New Yorker
The X-ray showed that a bit of bone had avulsed from his pelvis.
From The Guardian
His previous revised UCL did not need repairing and the avulsed medial epicondyle fracture was cleaned up and repaired.
From Washington Times
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