lacerate

lac·er·ate

 (lăs′ə-rāt′)

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. (-rĭt, -rāt′)

1. Torn; mangled.

2. Wounded.

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

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[Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerāre, lacerāt-, from lacer, torn.]

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lacerate

vb (tr)

1. to tear (the flesh, etc) jaggedly

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

adj

having edges that are jagged or torn; lacerated: lacerate leaves.

[C16: from Latin lacerāre to tear, from lacer mangled]

ˈlacerable adj

ˌlaceraˈbility n

ˌlacerˈation n

ˈlacerative adj

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lac•er•ate

(v. ˈlæs əˌreɪt; adj. -əˌreɪt, -ər ɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to tear roughly; mangle.

2. to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly.

adj.

3. lacerated.

[1535–45; < Latin lacerātus, past participle of lacerāre to tear up, derivative of lacer mangled]

lac′er•a•ble, adj.

lac`er•a•bil′i•ty, n.

lac′er•a`tive, adj.

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lacerate

Past participle: lacerated
Gerund: lacerating

Imperative

lacerate

lacerate

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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, 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.

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Translations

lacérer

lacerarelacerazione

lacerate

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

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lacerate

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

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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

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lacerate

[ˈlæsəˌreɪt] vt → lacerare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lacerate

v. lacerar, desgarrar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

lacerate

vt lacerar, desgarrar, herir con un golpe cortante

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