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View usage for: (læsəreɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense lacerates, present participle lacerating, past tense, past participle laceratedverbIf 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 lacerate in British Englishverb (ˈlæsəˌreɪt) (transitive)1. to tear (the flesh, etc) jaggedly 2. to hurt or harrow (the feelings, etc) adjective (ˈlæsəˌreɪt, -rɪt)3. having edges that are jagged or torn; lacerated lacerate leaves Derived forms lacerable (ˈlacerable) adjective lacerability (ˌlaceraˈbility) noun laceration (ˌlacerˈation) noun lacerative (ˈlacerative) adjective Word origin C16: from Latin lacerāre to tear, from lacer mangled lacerate in American English (ˈlæsərˌeɪt; for adj., ˈlæsərɪt; ˈlæsərˌeɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈlacerˌated or ˈlacerˌating1. to tear jaggedly; mangle (something soft, as flesh) 2. to wound or hurt (someone's feelings, etc.) deeply; distress adjective4. Botany having jagged edges Derived forms lacerable (ˈlacerable) (ˈlæsərəbəl) adjective Word origin < L laceratus, pp. of lacerare, to tear < lacer, lacerated < IE base * lēk-, to tear > Gr lakis, a tatter Examples of 'lacerate' in a sentencelacerate Definition to tear (the flesh) jaggedly Its claws lacerated his thighs. Synonyms woundmangulate (Australian, slang) jag Definition to hurt (the feelings) He was born into a family already lacerated with tensions and divisions. Additional synonymsDefinition to cause someone suffering or unhappiness There are four main problems that afflict these people. Synonyms torment, trouble, pain, hurt, wound, burden, distress, rack, try, plague, grieve, harass, ail (literary), oppress, beset, smite Definition to scrape, tear, or dig with claws or nails The wolf clawed at the tree and howled the whole night. Synonyms scratch, tear, dig, rip, scrape, graze, maul, scrabble, mangle, mangulate (Australian, slang), lacerateDefinition (of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or open up (a person or thing) I cut myself shaving. Synonyms slash, nick, wound, lance, gash, lacerate, incise- lace
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Additional synonymsDefinition to upset badly I did not want to frighten or distress her. Synonyms upset, worry, trouble, pain, wound, bother, disturb, dismay, grieve, torment, harass, afflict, harrow, agitate, sadden, perplex, disconcert, agonize, fluster, perturb, faze, throw (someone) off balance Definition to make a long deep cut in He gashed his leg while felling trees. Synonyms cut, tear, split, wound, rend (literary), slash, slit, gouge, lacerateSynonyms distress, tear, wound, rend (literary), torture, rack, torment, harass, wring, vex, agonize, perturb, lacerateDefinition to injure badly or cruelly, with some permanent damage resulting One man has lost his life; another has been maimed. Synonyms cripple, hurt, injure, wound, disable, hamstring, impair, lame, mutilate, incapacitate, put out of action Definition to destroy or damage by crushing and twisting After being crushed, the car was mangled beyond all recognition. Synonyms crush, mutilate, maim, deform, cut, total (slang), tear, destroy, ruin, mar, rend, wreck, spoil, butcher, cripple, hack, distort, trash (slang), maul, disfigure, lacerate, mangulate (Australian, slang) Definition (of a sound) to break (the silence) with a shrill or piercing tone pain that rends the heart Synonyms tear, break, split, rip, pull, separate, divide, crack, burst, smash, disturb, shatter, pierce, fracture, sever, wrench, splinter, rupture, cleave, lacerate, rive, tear to pieces, sunder (literary), dissever Definition to remove hastily or roughly I tried not to rip the paper. Synonyms tear, cut, score, split, burst, rend (literary), slash, hack, claw, slit, gash, lacerateDefinition to make large gashes in He didn't make it into work today because someone slashed his tyres last night. Synonyms cut, slit, gash, lacerate, score, rend (literary), rip, hackDefinition to cause (someone) great pain or suffering At times, memories returned to torment her. Synonyms torture, pain, distress, afflict, rack, harrow, crucify, agonize, excruciateDefinition to cause (someone) mental anguish He would not torture her further by arguing. Synonyms distress, torment, worry, trouble, pain, rack, afflict, harrow, agonize, give someone grief (British, South Africa), inflict anguish on Additional synonymsDefinition to cause an injury to the body or feelings of The driver of the bus was wounded by shrapnel. Synonyms injure, cut, hit, damage, wing, hurt, harm, slash, pierce, irritate, gash, lacerate |