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laceration

noun as in cut, wound

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One of those arrested resisted, causing two agents to suffer lacerations and bruises, according to Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

She said preliminary investigations suggested Mr Silcox died "due to a traumatic brain injury due to a fall, skull fractures and skull lacerations".

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Tole spent two days in the hospital after suffering a deep laceration on his left cheek that his attorney said affected his ability to speak.

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However, Scott was forced off after three minutes in a separate incident to Beirne's red with a "laceration on his leg".

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They had "lacerations on their hands, their feet," he says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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