Meanings
plural lacerations
- countableuncountableAn irregular open wound to soft tissue.
The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.
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Survivors of the crash suffered injuries ranging from broken bones to lacerations, permanent disfigurements, and psychiatric trauma.
2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15 - countableuncountableThe act of lacerating or tearing, either literally or figuratively.
Why the founders of St. Merryn's Hospital chose to erect their institution at a main-road crossing upon a valuable office site, and thus expose their patients' nerves to constant laceration, is a foible that I never properly understood.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 8
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَهَتُّك
- تَهَتُّك (tahattuk)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
Bulgarian разкъсна рана
- разкъсна рана (razkăsna rana)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
Catalan laceració
- laceracióan irregular open wound to soft tissue
Chinese Mandarin 劃破 /划破
- 劃破 /划破 (huápò)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
Czech lacerace
- laceracean irregular open wound to soft tissue
Finnish repeämä, repeämähaava
- repeämäan irregular open wound to soft tissue
- repeämähaavaan irregular open wound to soft tissue
French lacération
- lacérationan irregular open wound to soft tissue
German Platzwunde
- Platzwundean irregular open wound to soft tissue
Hindi विदार, विदीर्णन
- विदार (vidār)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
- विदीर्णन (vidīrṇan)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
- विदारण (vidāraṇ)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
Italian lacerazione
- lacerazionean irregular open wound to soft tissue
Polish rana szarpana
- rana szarpanaan irregular open wound to soft tissue
Portuguese laceração
- laceraçãoan irregular open wound to soft tissue
Russian разры́в, рва́ная ра́на
- разры́в (razrýv)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
- рва́ная ра́на (rvánaja rána)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
Spanish laceración
- laceraciónan irregular open wound to soft tissue
Swedish krossår, sårskada
- krossåran irregular open wound to soft tissue
- sårskadaan irregular open wound to soft tissue
Ukrainian розі́рвання, рва́на ра́на
- розі́рвання (rozírvannja)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
- рва́на ра́на (rvána rána)an irregular open wound to soft tissue
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
laceration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laceration
“laceration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laceration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laceration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laceration.
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