Hyphenation of avulsion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word avulsion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

avul-sion

Definitions of avulsion:

1.	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
2.	A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

Synonyms of avulsion:

noun	change, alteration, modification
noun	separation

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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