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Webster 1913 Edition


Dilaceration

Di-lacˊer-a′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
dilaceratio
: cf. F.
dilacération
.]
The act of rending asunder.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dilaceration

DILACERATION

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Noun.
The act of rending asunder; a tearing, or rending. [In lieu of these words, lacerate, laceration, are generally used.]