lacerate

Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: laceratedmangledtorn

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. cut or tear irregularly
  2. deeply hurt the feelings of; distress“his lacerating remarks”

Adjective (2)

  1. irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn“lacerate leaves”Synonyms: lacerated
  2. having edges that are jagged from injurySynonyms: laceratedmangledtorn
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.]

1.Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. [1913 Webster]

By each other's fury lacerate— Southey.[1913 Webster]

2.(Bot. & Zool.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. [1913 Webster]

Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating.] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent, rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. [1913 Webster] Lacerate
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