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verb
- 1. tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin): "the point had lacerated his neck" Similar
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LACERATE definition: 1. to cut or tear something, especially flesh: 2. to cause someone great emotional pain: 3. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of LACERATE is to tear or rend roughly : wound jaggedly. How to use lacerate in a sentence.
verb (used with object) , lac·er·at·ed, lac·er·at·ing. to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands. Synonyms: rend. to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly: His bitter criticism lacerated my heart.
The verb lacerate means to cut or tear. So the envelope that gave you that nasty paper cut? It lacerated your finger.
to criticize someone or attack them with words in a very powerful way: Critics have lacerated the press for getting the facts wrong in this case. As a political cartoonist, he likes to lacerate the pompous and the powerful. Fewer examples. The blow broke his jaw and lacerated his lip.
If something lacerates your skin, it cuts it badly and deeply. Its claws lacerated his thighs. [VERB noun] [ Also VERB] Synonyms: tear, cut, wound, rend [literary] More Synonyms of lacerate. lacerated adjective. She was suffering from a badly lacerated hand. More Synonyms of lacerate.
lac·er·ate. (lăs′ə-rāt′) tr.v. lac·er·at·ed, lac·er·at·ing, lac·er·ates. 1. To rip, cut, or tear. 2. To cause deep emotional pain to; distress. adj. (-rĭt, -rāt′) 1. Torn; mangled. 2. Wounded. 3. Having jagged, deeply cut edges: lacerate leaves. [Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerāre, lacerāt-, from lacer, torn .]
