What does lacerate mean?
Definitions for lacerate
ˈlæs əˌreɪt; -əˌreɪt, -ər ɪtlac·er·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
lacerate, laceratedadjective
irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
"lacerate leaves"
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, tornverb
having edges that are jagged from injury
lacerateverb
cut or tear irregularly
lacerateverb
deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
"his lacerating remarks"
Wiktionary
lacerateverb
To tear, rip or wound.
lacerateadjective
Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.
Etymology: From laceraten, from laceratus, past participle of lacero.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To LACERATEverb
To tear; to rend; to separate by violence.
Etymology: lacero, Latin.
And my sons lacerate and rip up, viper like, the womb that brought them forth. James Howell, England’s Tears.
The heat breaks through the water, so as to lacerate and lift up great bubbles too heavy for the air to buoy up, and causeth boiling. William Derham, Physico-Theology.
Here lacerated friendship claims a tear. Va. of human Wishes.
Wikipedia
lacerate
This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology. For other related terms, see Glossary of phytopathology, Glossary of lichen terms, and List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names.
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lacerate
Lacerate is a verb which means to tear or make deep cuts in flesh or skin, often used in a literal or figurative sense. It can also imply causing great emotional or mental distress to someone.
Webster Dictionary
Lacerateverb
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
Lacerate
alt. of Lacerated
Etymology: [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. a rent, rending, to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lacerate
las′ėr-āt, v.t. to tear: to rend: to wound: to afflict.—adjs. Lac′erable, that may be lacerated; Lac′erant, harrowing; Lac′erate, -d, rent, torn: (bot.) having the edges cut into irregular segments.—n. Lacerā′tion, act of lacerating: the rent made by tearing.—adj. Lac′erative, tearing: having power to tear. [L. lacerāre, -ātum, to tear—lacer, torn.]
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Anagrams for lacerate »
lacertae
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lacerate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lacerate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of lacerate in a Sentence
The bullet enters the body, and the energy, as it dissipates, tissues stretch and lacerate, bones fracture. The bullet and its kinetic energy causes acute injury, we advocate for research funding support so we can seek better ways to prevent these injuries and to improve the treatment of these injuries that impact long-term disabilities.
Muhammad Ali used Muhammad Ali tongue to lacerate racism and White supremacy and oppression in America, muhammad Ali became more militant, not less. Muhammad Ali became more assertive, not less. Muhammad Ali became more confrontational, not less.
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