lacerate

lac·er·ate  (ls-rt)

tr.v. lac·er·at·ed, lac·er·at·ing, lac·er·ates

1. To rip, cut, or tear.

2. To cause deep emotional pain to; distress.

adj. (-rt, -rt)

1. Torn; mangled.

2. Wounded.

3. Having jagged, deeply cut edges: lacerate leaves.

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[Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerre, lacert-, from lacer, torn.]

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lacerate

vb [ˈlæsəˌreɪt] (tr)

1. to tear (the flesh, etc.) jaggedly

2. to hurt or harrow (the feelings, etc.)

adj [ˈlæsəˌreɪt -rɪt]

having edges that are jagged or torn; lacerated lacerate leaves

[from Latin lacerāre to tear, from lacer mangled]

lacerable  adj

lacerability  n

laceration  n

lacerative  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	lacerate - cut or tear irregularly rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
	2.	lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks" spite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
Adj.	1.	lacerate - irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves" lacerated rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
	2.	lacerate - having edges that are jagged from injury mangled, torn, lacerated injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

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lacerate

verb

1. tear, cut, wound, rend, rip, slash, claw, maim, mangle, gash, jag Its claws lacerated his thighs.

2. hurt, wound, rend, torture, distress, torment, afflict, harrow He was born into a family already lacerated with tensions and divisions.

Translations

lacerate [ˈlæsəreɪt] VT (Med) → lacerar; [+ feelings] → herir

lacerate [ˈlæsəreɪt] vt (= cut) [+ skin, body, flesh] → lacérer

lacerate

vt

(lit) hand, skin → verletzen; clothes → aufreißen; (by glass etc) → zerschneiden; (by thorns) → zerkratzen, aufreißen; (by claws, whip) → zerfetzen; he lacerated his arm → er zog sich (dat) → tiefe Wunden am Arm zu; she lacerated her wrist with a razor-blade → sie schlitzte sich (dat) → die Pulsadern mit einer Rasierklinge auf; her knee was badly lacerated → sie hatte tiefe Wunden am Knie

(fig) → zutiefst verletzen

lacerate [ˈlæsəˌreɪt] vt → lacerare

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lacerate [ˈlæsəˌreɪt] vt → lacerare