laceration
noun
[ lasəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh.
• "he suffered lacerations to his head and face"
Similar:
cutting (open),
gashing,
slashing,
tearing,
ripping,
mangling,
mutilation,
maiming,
mauling,
scratching,
scraping,
grazing,
incision,
splitting,
cleaving,
hacking,
stabbing,
tearing apart,
butchery,
savaging,
wounding,
injury,
damaging,
gash,
cut,
wound,
tear,
slash,
scratch,
scrape,
abrasion,
graze,
score,
slit,
puncture,
lesion,
trauma,
traumatism,