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 [lass-er-rate]

Verb

[-ating, -ated]

1. to tear (the flesh) jaggedly

2. to hurt (the feelings): it would only lacerate an overburdened conscience [Latin lacerare to tear]

laceration n

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, mangulate Austral. (slang) gash, jag

verb 2. hurt, wound, rend, torture, distress, torment, afflict, harrow

Translations

lacerate [ˈlæsəreɪt] vt → lacerar

lacerate [ˈlæsəreɪt] vt → zerschneiden