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Recent Examples of lacerations
The 57-year-old man driving the SUV that flipped was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in fair condition with head lacerations and bruising on his chest.
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Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
The driver of the white Toyota SUV, a 57-year-old man, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic in fair condition with heads lacerations and chest bruises.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
For days, Williams had maintained hope that Maliek would survive the brutal beating in a Queens shelter that left him with a blown right pupil, fractured pelvis, lacerations to his liver and brain damage.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
Mamdani has yet to denounce the snowball-slinging incident as of Tuesday morning, which left several officers hospitalized with lacerations to the face.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
The woman was nude, and had lacerations to her nose and across her body.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Those include cut-resistant underwear designed to reduce the risk of skin lacerations from sharp ski edges, an air bag to protect the chest and torso and newer helmet designs.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The woman suffered lacerations to her arm from shattered glass but did not require hospitalization, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
In his report, the medical examiner raised the possibility that Bullock had suffered injuries from the altercation with Chloe and Tomlyn, noting abrasions and lacerations on Bullock’s head along with the skull fractures.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
The driver of the white Toyota SUV, a 57-year-old man, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic in fair condition with heads lacerations and chest bruises.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
For days, Williams had maintained hope that Maliek would survive the brutal beating in a Queens shelter that left him with a blown right pupil, fractured pelvis, lacerations to his liver and brain damage.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
Mamdani has yet to denounce the snowball-slinging incident as of Tuesday morning, which left several officers hospitalized with lacerations to the face.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
The woman was nude, and had lacerations to her nose and across her body.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Those include cut-resistant underwear designed to reduce the risk of skin lacerations from sharp ski edges, an air bag to protect the chest and torso and newer helmet designs.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The woman suffered lacerations to her arm from shattered glass but did not require hospitalization, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
In his report, the medical examiner raised the possibility that Bullock had suffered injuries from the altercation with Chloe and Tomlyn, noting abrasions and lacerations on Bullock’s head along with the skull fractures.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacerations
Noun
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Moore paired her bob with leather separates, which consisted of a tight-fitting jacket and skinny pants with slits up the ankles.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
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Using sharp metal disks that spin, the machine carves slits into the soil and drops the grass seed into those slits.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Tokenizing someone is always an ugly thing — yet Rubio deserves no tears.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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And so, there [were] some tears.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Upon arriving at the hospital, doctors determined that the colorful bird — belonging to the same family as crows and jays — had left quite a bit of damage, including multiple fractures in Montalva's left cheekbone and a rare fracture of the hyoid bone in her neck.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The medical examiner also observed multiple rib fractures and a sternal fracture, the autopsy shows.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Apple upgraded the display glass to Ceramic Shield 2, providing the phone with better protection against scratches and breakage.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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At worst, those micro scratches are seen every time light hits the surface.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
5 Mar. 2026
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Tim Pennington called again that evening, Bell said, to ask for prayers as his son's condition was worsening, and then later told him the soldier had succumbed to his injuries.—
ALLEN G. BREED,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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The driver of the car was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lacerations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerations. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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