delaceration

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UK/diːˌlæsəˈɹeɪʃən/

noun

An act of tearing into pieces.

OriginLatin delacerare →
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Meanings

noundelaceration (plural delacerations)

plural delacerations

  1. obsoleteAn act of tearing into pieces.

    […] without much greater demolition and delaceration of the passages; in all these cases, the disease is unquestionably magical.

    1835, Thaumaturgia, Or Elucidations of the Marvellous

Origin

  1. Latindelacerare
  2. Englishdelaceration

From Latin delacerare, delaceratum (“to tear in pieces”). See lacerate.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delaceration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delaceration.

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