lacerated
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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
3.
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.
lacerated adj.
Cut or wounded in a jagged manner.
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Example sentences
Until three years ago, when it suffered its first coup, it was a rock of stability in a region lacerated by war.
Two reports of injuries involved children's fingers being severely pinched, lacerated, crushed or amputated.
It lacerated his liver and intestines, requiring emergency surgery.
Her feet were lacerated and bleeding, her face infested with botfly maggots.
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