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| Main Entry: |
laceration
 [las-uh-rey-shuhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cut, wound |
| Synonyms: | gash, injury, lesion, pierce, rip, slash, slice, slit, stab, tear |
| Main Entry: | boo boo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small hurt |
| Synonyms: | black and blue mark, bruise, cut, injury, laceration, scratch, sore |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound |
Example Sentences
- One was beaten, suffering a laceration of the forehead, and the other was stabbed in the back.
- He was also treated during surgery for a scalp laceration.
| Main Entry: | gash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cut made by slicing |
| Synonyms: | cleft, furrow, gouge, incision, laceration, mark, nip, notch, rent, slash, slit, split, tear, wound |
| Main Entry: | incision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cut, slit |
| Synonyms: | carving, cleavage, cleft, dissection, gash, groove, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, pierce, slash, stab, wound |
| Main Entry: | injury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, abuse, affliction, affront, agony, bad, bite, blemish, boo-boo, bruise, burn, chop, cramp, cut, damage, deformation, detriment, discomfiture, disservice, distress, evil, fracture, gash, grievance, hemorrhage, ill, impairment, indignity, injustice, insult, laceration, lesion, libel, loss, mischief, misery, mutilation, nick, ouch, outrage, pang, ruin, scar, scratch, shock, slander, sore, sprain, stab, sting, suffering, swelling, trauma, twinge, wound, wrong |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, favor, good, health, help, right |
| Main Entry: | lesion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, wound |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, bruise, contusion, cut, gash, laceration, scrape, scratch, sore |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical suffering |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, agony, burn, catch, convulsion, cramp, crick, discomfort, distress, fever, gripe, hurt, illness, injury, irritation, laceration, malady, misery, pang, paroxysm, prick, sickness, smarting, soreness, spasm, sting, stitch, strain, tenderness, throb, throe, tingle, torment, torture, trouble, twinge, wound |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain a pain is something that hurts as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder; a pane is a sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
| Antonyms: | comfort, good health, health, well-being |
| Main Entry: | rip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tear, cut |
| Synonyms: | cleavage, gash, hole, laceration, rent, slash, slit, split |
| Antonyms: | closure |
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