| lacerate | (v) cut or tear irregularly |
| lacerate | (v) deeply hurt the feelings of; distress, Example: his lacerating remarks |
| lacerate | (adj) irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn, Syn. lacerated, Example: lacerate leaves |
| lacerate | (adj) having edges that are jagged from injury, Syn. mangled, torn, lacerated |
| laceration | (n) a torn ragged wound |
| laceration | (n) the act of lacerating |
| Lacerate | v. t. |
| Lacerated | By each other's fury lacerate Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| lacerated | adj. torn roughly; -- of skin. |
| Laceration | n. [ L. laceratio: cf. F. lacération. ] |
| Lacerative | a. Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; |