as in beating
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an injured or diseased spot or area on or in the body
skin lesions a brain lesion
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Recent Examples of lesion
Each time a pulse of acoustic waves zapped a lesion, lines danced across the blue and black screen — showing the ultrasound energy destroying the mass.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
In February 2023, while serving as president, Biden had a lesion removed from his chest that was cancerous.
—Averi Harper, ABC News, 18 May 2025
Canker sores, or aphthous ulcers, are small, painful lesions that develop inside your mouth.
—Sarah Jividen, Health, 17 May 2025
That lesion was completely removed and required no further treatment.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
In February 2023, while serving as president, Biden had a lesion removed from his chest that was cancerous.
—Averi Harper, ABC News, 18 May 2025
Canker sores, or aphthous ulcers, are small, painful lesions that develop inside your mouth.
—Sarah Jividen, Health, 17 May 2025
That lesion was completely removed and required no further treatment.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lesion
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The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has arrested one man and is searching for another after the brutal beating of a 27-year-old off-duty officer during a robbery in the Bronx early Saturday.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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He was then bound by the wrists and subjected to beatings, electric shock and a hit to the head from a gun.—
Mark Crudele,
ABC News,
27 May 2025
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Zverev, Tsitsipas, Medvedev and Matteo Berrettini, the Italian who had to miss this French Open through injury, were chief among them.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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What’s more, the injury is likely old, given that new tissue is already forming over the wound.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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“Lesion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lesion. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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