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to lacerate
01
to tear the skin or flesh, causing deep and often irregular wounds
Transitive: to lacerate a person or skin or flesh
Grammatical Information
action verb
regular
present tense
lacerate
3rd person singular
lacerates
past simple
lacerated
past participle
lacerated
Examples
The jagged glass shards lacerated his hand when he tried to pick them up.
02
to make someone suffer from a lot of emotional or mental pain
Transitive: to lacerate someone's emotions
Examples
The news of her friend 's betrayal lacerated her heart, leaving her in a state of profound sorrow.
03
to severely criticize or censure someone or something
Transitive: to lacerate someone's work
Examples
The film critic lacerated the director's latest movie, calling it a " disjointed mess " in her scathing review.
lacerate
01
having edges that are jagged from injury
Grammatical Information
Composition
past participle adjective
qualitative
ungradable
02
irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
Lexical Tree
lacerated
laceration
lacerate
