lacerate
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lacerate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to tear the skin or flesh, causing deep and often irregular wounds
Transitive: to lacerate a person or skin or flesh
to lacerate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the accident, the broken metal fence lacerated her leg, requiring immediate medical attention.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻž āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ.
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make someone suffer from a lot of emotional or mental pain
Transitive: to lacerate someone's emotions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His cruel words lacerated her spirit, leaving behind scars that would take time to heal.
āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āϠ⧁āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŽāύ āĻĻāĻžāĻ— āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to severely criticize or censure someone or something
Transitive: to lacerate someone's work
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the debate, the opposition leader lacerated the government's policies, accusing them of incompetence and neglect.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻšā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻāύ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ

having edges that are jagged from injury
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āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ, āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ

irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

lacerated
laceration
lacerate
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ