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lacerate

/ˈlæsəreɪt/verb

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चीरना, घायल करना

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verb
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    [T] ~ sth

    to cut skin or flesh with something sharp

    चीरना, घायल करना

    • His arm was lacerated by broken glass.
    • Broken glass lacerated her foot as she walked barefoot on the beach.
    • The thorns lacerated his hands as he cleared the bushes.
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    • Her knee was lacerated when she fell off the bicycle.
    • The nurse cleaned the lacerated skin and applied a bandage.

    Synonyms cut gash tear slash wound

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lac·er·ate

?Which word?

Keep the cut-skin words together: lacerate (tear skin badly), gash (a long deep cut), slash (cut with a sweeping movement), graze (scrape the skin), abrade, puncture (make a small hole).

त्वचा काटने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: lacerate (त्वचा बुरी तरह फाड़ना), gash (लंबा गहरा घाव), slash (झटके से काटना), graze (त्वचा छीलना), abrade, puncture (छोटा छेद करना)।

§Grammar and usage

The noun laceration means a deep cut or tear in the skin.

Noun laceration का अर्थ त्वचा में गहरा कटाव या फटाव है।

Figuratively, lacerate can mean hurt somebody's feelings badly.

लाक्षणिक रूप से lacerate का अर्थ किसी की भावनाओं को बहुत आहत करना भी है।