About The Word Lacerate
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Lacerate
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What's The Definition Of Lacerate?
[adj] having edges that are jagged from injury
[adj] irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves" [v] cut or tear irregularly [v] deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lacerate: injured | lacerated | mangled | rough | torn Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | bruise | bust | hurt | injure | offend | rupture | snap | spite | tear | wound Lacerate In Webster's Dictionary \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L.
laceratus, p. p.]
1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
By each other's fury lacerate --Southey.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the
end, or along the edge.
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