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How to pronounce lacerate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lacerated


lacerate leaves.
Type Words
Synonyms lacerated, mangled, torn
Type Words
Type of snap, bust, tear, rupture
Derivation laceration
Type Words
Type of spite, wound, bruise, hurt, injure, offend
Derivation laceration

Examples of lacerate

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And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.
From the sacbee.com
How about another study where they bludgeon or lacerate the man's member so it is wounded?
From the healthland.time.com
That's why you can badly lacerate a finger and retain full use of it.
From the healthland.time.com
If they slacked off, the next step would lacerate their ankles.
From the dailymercury.com.au
The temptation for Labour is to sit back and watch the two parties of the right lacerate one another.
From the independent.co.uk
I can only self-lacerate for my own carnivorous inadequacy.
From the metro.co.uk
Gervais is at his best when he's come unhinged and can lacerate everything in range with his acerbic, extemporaneous wit.
From the newsobserver.com
The cane, which must be cut back-strainingly close to the ground, contains sharp fibres that lacerate ungloved hands.
From the economist.com
Most critics praise the tunes of the Berry Gordy musical, but lacerate the awkward story and stilted dialogue.
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More examples
  • Irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"
  • Cut or tear irregularly
  • Having edges that are jagged from injury
  • Deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"
  • (laceration) a torn ragged wound
  • (Lacerations) In medicine, a wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
  • To tear, rip or wound
  • (laceration) An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue
  • (Laceration) Also called a tear. Separation of skin or other tissue by a tremendous force, producing irregular edges.