Definitions for laceration

laceration lac·er·a·tion

Spelling: [las-uh-rey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌlæs əˈreɪ ʃən/

Laceration is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1111 anagrams from letters in laceration (aaceilnort).

Definitions for laceration

noun

  1. the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  2. the act of lacerating.

Origin of laceration

First recorded in 1590-1600, laceration is from the Latin word lacerātiōn- (stem of lacerātiō). See lacerate, -ion

Examples for laceration

There are no sharp edges about Him, no thrusting points, no instruments of laceration.

Ah, dear, dear, we shall have laceration unless we reduce this before we move you.

Doctors at St. Luke-Roosevelt hospital confirmed that Williams had suffered only a laceration on his head and a few bruises.

Now that he knows it, the knowledge afflicts him, to the laceration of his heart.

They shrink by an ungovernable instinct, as they would shrink from laceration.

His brain was numbed and he was blinded by the blood from the laceration over his eyes.

The effort is idle, and ends only in the laceration of his skin.

Oh, you all, by the tears that drop from your eyes, by the laceration of your bodies—you will be avenged!

If they will part it must be with bitterness and laceration.

Somehow he got up with the only injury a laceration in his chin.

Word Value for laceration
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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