Meaning of LACERATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'lasu`reyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | injured, lacerated, mangled, rough, torn |
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| | See Also: | | bruise, bust, hurt, injure, offend, rupture, snap, spite, tear, wound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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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| | Definition: | | - To tear or cut in a ripping fashion.
- Describes a margin that is irregularly torn, as if lacerated.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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