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- DictionaryLac·er·ate/ˈlasəˌrāt/
verb
- 1. tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin): "the point had lacerated his neck"
Learn the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of the verb and adjective lacerate, which means to tear or rend roughly or to cause sharp mental or emotional pain. See examples, synonyms, etymology, and related words.
Lacerate means to cut or tear something, especially flesh, or to cause someone great emotional pain. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.
Lacerate means to cut or tear something, especially flesh, or to cause someone great emotional pain. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.
type of: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound. hurt the feelings of. adjective. irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn. “ lacerate leaves”. synonyms: lacerated. rough. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped.
verb (used with object) , lac·er·at·ed, lac·er·at·ing. to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands. Synonyms: rend. to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly: His bitter criticism lacerated my heart.
Lacerate means to tear, cut, or wound something or someone, or to cause deep emotional pain. See the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of lacerate in sentences from various sources.
Lacerate means to tear or cut something badly and deeply, or to hurt someone's feelings deeply. Learn more about its word forms, origin, pronunciation, and usage with Collins English Dictionary.
