Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Lacerating.] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to
lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent,
rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.]
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to
lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to
lacerate the heart.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L.
laceratus, p. p.]
1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
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By each other's fury lacerate --Southey.
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2. (Bot. & Zool.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end,
or along the edge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lacerate
adj 1: irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"
2: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: lacerated,
mangled, torn]
v 1: cut or tear irregularly
2: deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating
remarks"
WordNet (r) 2.0
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "lacerate":
abrade, afflict, agonize, ail, bark, bite, blemish, bloody, break,
burn, chafe, check, chip, claw, convulse, crack, craze, crucify,
cut, defoliate, denude, dismember, distress, draw and quarter,
excruciate, fester, flay, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall,
gash, give pain, gnaw, grate, grind, gripe, harrow, hurt, impale,
incise, inflame, inflict pain, injure, irritate, kill by inches,
lancinate, macerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, martyr,
martyrize, maul, mutilate, nip, pain, peel, pick to pieces, pierce,
pinch, prick, prolong the agony, pull apart, puncture, punish,
put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rend, rip, rub, run, rupture,
savage, scald, scarify, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff,
shred, skin, slash, slit, sprain, stab, stick, sting, strain,
strip, take apart, tear, tear apart, tear to pieces,
tear to tatters, torment, torture, traumatize, tweak, twist, wound,
wrench, wring
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
lacerated, mangled, torn
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