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verb (used with object)
1.
to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
2.
to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly: His bitter criticism lacerated my heart.
adjective
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Lacerate
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Origin:
1535–45; < Latin lacerātus, past participle of lacerāre to tear up (derivative of lacer mangled); see -ate1
1535–45; < Latin lacerātus, past participle of lacerāre to tear up (derivative of lacer mangled); see -ate1
Related forms
lac·er·a·ble, adjective
self-lac·er·at·ing, adjective
un·lac·er·at·ing, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| lacerate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to tear (the flesh, etc) jaggedly |
| 2. | to hurt or harrow (the feelings, etc) |
| —adj | |
| 3. | having edges that are jagged or torn; lacerated: lacerate leaves |
| [C16: from Latin lacerāre to tear, from lacer mangled] | |
| 'lacerable | |
| —adj | |
| lacera'bility | |
| —n | |
| lacer'ation | |
| —n | |
| 'lacerative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
lacerate
1590s, from L. laceratus, pp. of lacerare "tear to pieces, mangle," from lacer "torn, mangled," from PIE base *leq- "to rend" (cf. Gk. lakis "tatter, rag," lakizein "to tear to pieces;" Rus. lochma "rag, tatter, scrap;" Albanian lakur "naked"). Related: Lacerated; lacerating.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
lacerate lac·er·ate (lās'ə-rāt')
v. lac·er·at·ed, lac·er·at·ing, lac·er·ates
To rip, cut, or tear. adj. (-rĭt, -rāt')
Torn; mangled.
Wounded.
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