Lacerate
verb
To make deep cuts or tears on someone's skin.
The broken glass could easily lacerate your skin.
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Colloquial
verb
To wound or hurt someone's feelings.
His harsh words can lacerate her feelings.
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Formal, Disapproving
Academic
verb
To make deep cuts or tears on someone's skin.
The broken glass could easily lacerate your skin.
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To wound or hurt someone's feelings.
His harsh words can lacerate her feelings.
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Harm
Think of 'lacerate' as inflicting physical damage that is severe and jagged-edged.
The car accident victim had lacerated limbs due to the impact.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Superficial
'Lacerate' indicates cuts that are deeper than a scrape or a surface wound.
A thorn bush can lacerate your arms if you're not careful.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity
Use 'lacerate' to describe cuts when conveying a sense of urgency or seriousness.
The surgeon repaired the lacerated artery to stop the bleeding.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Harm
Think of 'lacerate' as inflicting physical damage that is severe and jagged-edged.
The car accident victim had lacerated limbs due to the impact.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Superficial
'Lacerate' indicates cuts that are deeper than a scrape or a surface wound.
A thorn bush can lacerate your arms if you're not careful.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity
Use 'lacerate' to describe cuts when conveying a sense of urgency or seriousness.
The surgeon repaired the lacerated artery to stop the bleeding.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Harm
Think of 'lacerate' as inflicting physical damage that is severe and jagged-edged.
The car accident victim had lacerated limbs due to the impact.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Superficial
'Lacerate' indicates cuts that are deeper than a scrape or a surface wound.
A thorn bush can lacerate your arms if you're not careful.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity
Use 'lacerate' to describe cuts when conveying a sense of urgency or seriousness.
The surgeon repaired the lacerated artery to stop the bleeding.
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Medicine's future?...
complex health presence system the ability to interact with your healthcare provider is different and these are on being augmented even by our devices again today here my friend Jessica sent me a picture of her head laceration so I can save her a trip to the emergency room I can do some Diagnostics in that way or might we be able to leverage today's gaming technology like the
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Islamophobia killed my...
The man turned towards the kitchen and fired a single shot into Yusor's hip, immobilizing her. He then approached her from behind, pressed the barrel of his gun against her head, and with a single bullet, lacerated her midbrain. He then turned towards Razan, who was screaming for her life, and, execution-style, with a single bullet
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Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
It keeps the blood from clotting. The idea being a Komodo dragon's idea for hunting is to run at a prey item, bite it and lacerate it really nastily and the venom will cause increased bleeding, and it will flow the blood
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Brady vs. Wild Hog PIPE...
laceration right here that was caused by the tough look at that that's deep I can't imagine putting my hands on a wild one that's not fenced in
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Medicine's future?...
complex health presence system the ability to interact with your healthcare provider is different and these are on being augmented even by our devices again today here my friend Jessica sent me a picture of her head laceration so I can save her a trip to the emergency room I can do some Diagnostics in that way or might we be able to leverage today's gaming technology like the
Video examples
Islamophobia killed my...
The man turned towards the kitchen and fired a single shot into Yusor's hip, immobilizing her. He then approached her from behind, pressed the barrel of his gun against her head, and with a single bullet, lacerated her midbrain. He then turned towards Razan, who was screaming for her life, and, execution-style, with a single bullet
Video examples
Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
It keeps the blood from clotting. The idea being a Komodo dragon's idea for hunting is to run at a prey item, bite it and lacerate it really nastily and the venom will cause increased bleeding, and it will flow the blood
Video examples
Brady vs. Wild Hog PIPE...
laceration right here that was caused by the tough look at that that's deep I can't imagine putting my hands on a wild one that's not fenced in
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Quote examples
Florence King
American Writer
You can't pretend to be witty because wit is dry, subtle, lacerating, cynical, elitist, and risque - all impossible to fake. Humor, on the other hand, is broad, soothing, positive, inclusive, and smutty - to make sure everybody gets it. Pretending to be humorous is easy, and a great many people are doing it.
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Eric Davis
American Athlete
People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.
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Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
Scarily, football helmets, which do a fine job of protecting against scalp laceration and skull fracture, do little to prevent concussions and may even exacerbate them, since even as the brain is rattling around inside the skull, the head is rattling around inside the helmet.
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Susan Orlean
American Journalist
I don't care that much about rote memorization. An old boyfriend of mine used to get into lacerating arguments with his parents over facts, and I used to watch on in mute astonishment. How could anyone actually argue about something that could be looked up?
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Paget Brewster
American Actress
If you try to break into my house, you will be severely lacerated and possibly electrocuted, and I'm fine with that. Because if you're breaking into my house, you're on your own.
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Carl Hiaasen
American Writer
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
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Carl Hiaasen
American Writer
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
Quote examples
Florence King
American Writer
You can't pretend to be witty because wit is dry, subtle, lacerating, cynical, elitist, and risque - all impossible to fake. Humor, on the other hand, is broad, soothing, positive, inclusive, and smutty - to make sure everybody gets it. Pretending to be humorous is easy, and a great many people are doing it.
Quote examples
Eric Davis
American Athlete
People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
Scarily, football helmets, which do a fine job of protecting against scalp laceration and skull fracture, do little to prevent concussions and may even exacerbate them, since even as the brain is rattling around inside the skull, the head is rattling around inside the helmet.
Quote examples
Susan Orlean
American Journalist
I don't care that much about rote memorization. An old boyfriend of mine used to get into lacerating arguments with his parents over facts, and I used to watch on in mute astonishment. How could anyone actually argue about something that could be looked up?
Quote examples
Paget Brewster
American Actress
If you try to break into my house, you will be severely lacerated and possibly electrocuted, and I'm fine with that. Because if you're breaking into my house, you're on your own.
Quote examples
Carl Hiaasen
American Writer
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
Quote examples
Carl Hiaasen
American Writer
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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