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laceration

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lac·er·a·tion  (ls-rshn)
n.
A jagged wound or cut.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.laceration - a torn ragged wound
wound, lesion - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
2.laceration - the act of lacerating
tear - the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
laceration
noun cut, injury, tear, wound, rent, rip, slash, trauma Pathology gash, mutilation
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laceration [læsəˈreɪʃən] n → laceración f
laceration [læsəˈreɪʃən] n → lacération f
laceration [læsəˈreɪʃən] lacerate n → Schnittwunde f
laceration [læsəˈreɪʃən] n → lacerazione f
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They shrink by an ungovernable instinct, as they would shrink from laceration.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Releasing my hold upon the ivy, I dropped the re-maining distance to the ground, saved from laceration only because the lion's paw struck the thick stem of ivy.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I am to re-open wounds that Time has barely closed; I am to recall the most intensely painful remembrances--and this done, I am to feel myself compensated by a new laceration, in the shape of Mr.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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