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lacerated Definition


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lacerate
verb lacerated, lacerating
    1. To tear or cut (especially flesh) roughly.
      Thesaurus: slash, rip, tear, gash, rend, slash, maim, wound, harm, hurt.
    2. To wound or hurt (someone's feelings).
      Thesaurus: wound, distress, upset, pain, offend, savage.
adj
    1. bot.
      Having serrated or ragged edges.
      Example: the lacerate leaves of the dandelion
Derivative: lacerated
adj
    Derivative: laceration
    noun
      A rough tear or cut in the flesh
        Thesaurus: cut, lesion, gash, wound, injury, mutilation, rent, rip, slash, tear.
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin lacerare, laceratum to tear.



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