lacerate

lacerate
Synonyms and related words:
abrade, afflict, agonize, ail, bark, bite, blemish, bloody, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, claw, convulse, crack, craze, crucify, cut, defoliate, denude, dismember, distress, draw and quarter, excruciate, fester, flay, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, give pain, gnaw, grate, grind, gripe, harrow, hurt, impale, incise, inflame, inflict pain, injure, irritate, kill by inches, lancinate, macerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, martyr, martyrize, maul, mutilate, nip, pain, peel, pick to pieces, pierce, pinch, prick, prolong the agony, pull apart, puncture, punish, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rend, rip, rub, run, rupture, savage, scald, scarify, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, shred, skin, slash, slit, sprain, stab, stick, sting, strain, strip, take apart, tear, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, torment, torture, traumatize, tweak, twist, wound, wrench, wring

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. & Zo[ o]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lacerate — index damage, harrow, lancinate, mutilate, rend, sever Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lacerate — (v.) early 15c., from L. laceratus, pp. of lacerare tear to pieces, mangle, figuratively, to slander, censure, abuse, from lacer torn, mangled, from PIE root *lek to rend, tear (Cf. Gk. lakis tatter, rag, lakizein to tear to pieces; Rus. lochma… …   Etymology dictionary

  • lacerate — [v] tear, cut; wound claw, gash, harm, hurt, injure, jag, lance, maim, mangle, mutilate, puncture, rend, rip, score, serrate, slash, stab, torment, torture; concepts 137,176,214,220,246 …   New thesaurus

  • lacerate — ► VERB ▪ tear or deeply cut (the flesh or skin). DERIVATIVES laceration noun. ORIGIN Latin lacerare, from lacer torn …   English terms dictionary

  • lacerate — [las′ər āt΄; ] for adj. [, las′ərit, las′ərāt΄] vt. lacerated, lacerating [< L laceratus, pp. of lacerare, to tear < lacer, lacerated < IE base * lēk , to tear > Gr lakis, a tatter] 1. to tear jaggedly; mangle (something soft, as… …   English World dictionary

  • lacerate — UK [ˈlæsəreɪt] / US [ˈlæsəˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms lacerate : present tense I/you/we/they lacerate he/she/it lacerates present participle lacerating past tense lacerated past participle lacerated formal to make a deep cut in someone s… …   English dictionary

  • lacerate — verb (t) /ˈlæsəreɪt / (say lasuhrayt) (lacerated, lacerating) 1. to tear roughly; mangle: to lacerate the flesh. 2. to hurt: to lacerate a person s feelings. –adjective /ˈlæsəreɪt / (say lasuhrayt), / rət/ (say ruht) 3. lacerated. {Latin… …  

  • lacerate — I. transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin laceratus, past participle of lacerare to tear; akin to Greek lakis tear Date: 15th century 1. to tear or rend roughly ; wound jaggedly 2. to cause sharp mental or emotional… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lacerate — lacerable, adj. lacerability /las euhr euh bil i tee/, n. lacerative /las euh ray tiv, euhr euh tiv/, adj. v. /las euh rayt /; adj. /las euh rayt , euhr it/, v., lacerated, lacerating, adj. v.t. 1. to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire… …   Universalium

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