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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Laceration \Lac'er*a"tion\, noun [L. laceratio: cf. F. lac['e]ration.]
1. The act of lacerating.
2. A breach or wound made by lacerating. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
laceration
noun
1: a torn ragged wound
2: the act of lacerating
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "laceration": abrasion, abscission, amputation, blemish, break, burn, butchering, chafe, check, chip, chopping, clawing, cleavage, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, cruciation, crucifixion, cut, cutting, dichotomy, enucleation, excision, fission, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, gall, gash, hell, hell upon earth, holocaust, horror, hurt, incision, injury, lancination, lesion, martyrdom, mortal wound, mutilation, nightmare, passion, persecution, puncture, purgatory, rack, rending, rent, resection, rip, ripping, run, rupture, scald, scission, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, section, severance, slash, slashing, slicing, sore, splitting, stab, stab wound, surgery, tear, tearing, third-degree burn, torment, torture, trauma, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench
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