'Lacerate' definitions:
Definition of 'lacerate'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Lacerate'
From: GCIDE
- Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.]
- 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. [1913 Webster]
- By each other's fury lacerate --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot. & Zool.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lacerate'
From: GCIDE
- Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating.] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent, rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] 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. [1913 Webster] Lacerate
Synonyms of 'lacerate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- afflict,
- agonize,
- ail,
- bark,
- bite,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- break,
- burn,
- chafe,
- check,
- chip,
- claw,
- convulse,
- crack,
- craze,
- crucify,
- cut,
- defoliate,
- denude,
- dismember,
- distress,
- draw and quarter,
- excruciate,
- fester,
- flay,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gash,
- give pain,
- gnaw,
- grate,
- grind,
- gripe,
- harrow,
- hurt,
- impale,
- incise,
- inflame,
- inflict pain,
- injure,
- irritate,
- kill by inches,
- lancinate,
- macerate,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- mangle,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- maul,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- pain,
- peel,
- pick to pieces,
- pierce,
- pinch,
- prick,
- prolong the agony,
- pull apart,
- puncture,
- punish,
- put to torture,
- rack,
- rankle,
- rasp,
- rend,
- rip,
- rub,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scald,
- scarify,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- shred,
- skin,
- slash,
- slit,
- sprain,
- stab,
- stick,
- sting,
- strain,
- strip,
- take apart,
- tear,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to tatters,
- torment,
- torture,
- traumatize,
- tweak,
- twist,
- wound,
- wrench,
- wring