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单词 lacerate
释义 lac·er·ate
I. \ˈlasəˌrāt, usu -ād.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Latin laceratus, past participle
: lacerated
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin laceratus, past participle of lacerare to tear, probably from lacer mangled; akin to Greek lakis rent
1. : to tear or rend roughly : wound jaggedly
 < my feet lacerated and swollen — Herbert Passin >
 < oil smears trail on the blue water from her lacerated flank as a torpedo strikes home — H.W.Baldwin >
 < lacerated by rocks — Claud Cockburn >
 < enlarge and lacerate the heart — Sacheverell Sitwell >
2. : to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to : pierce, harrow, torment
 < Puritan susceptibilities had been lacerated — Arnold Bennett >
 < delighted in lacerating frauds and crackpots — Richard Maney >
lac·er·a·tive \-ˌrād.iv, -rəd.-\ adjective
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