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delaceration

UK/diːˌlæsəˈɹeɪʃən/

delaceration noun: an act of tearing into pieces.

Noun

delaceration (plural delacerations)

  1. (obsolete) An act of tearing into pieces.
    • […] without much greater demolition and delaceration of the passages; in all these cases, the disease is unquestionably magical.1835, Thaumaturgia, Or Elucidations of the Marvellous

Forms of delaceration

pluraldelacerations

Origin of delaceration

From Latin delacerare, delaceratum (“to tear in pieces”). See lacerate.

Questions about delaceration

What does delaceration mean?
Delaceration means an act of tearing into pieces.
What part of speech is delaceration?
Delaceration is a noun.
How do you pronounce delaceration?
Delaceration is pronounced /diːˌlæsəˈɹeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of delaceration?
The plural of delaceration is delacerations.

Words near delaceration in the dictionary

  1. delabialize
  2. delabialized
  3. delabializes
  4. delabializing
  5. Delabole
  6. delaceration
  7. delacerations
  8. Delacerda
  9. Delacerdas
  10. Delacombe
  11. Delacour

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